550 Squadron Photos

F/O V A Thygessen DFC and Crew

F/O Thygessen and crew were posted to 550 Sqdn from No. 1 L.F.S. Hemswell on 2.6.44:

• F/O V A Thygessen DFC RCAF (P)
• Sgt R Finlay (F/Eng)
• F/O E C Packham RCAF (Nav)
• F/O W D Robertson DFC RCAF (A/B)
• Sgt A Pavlovitch (W/Op)
• Sgt R E Howting RCAF (MU/AG)
• F/O H B Parker RCAF (R/AG)

Pictured below the F/O Thygessen crew:

	F/O V A Thygessen and crew
	F/O V A Thygessen and crew with S/O Burnside (left side) and S/O Young (right side) and S/Ldr Redmond near centre

The Thygessen crew flew quite a number of operations in W5005 ("N" - Nan) and a number of these with a mid-under gunner (a turret installed in an attempt to counter night-fighters attacking from below the aircraft). The following additional crew-men thus flew in this position on some operations:

• F/Lt D M Clark (Senior Gunnery Officer)
• Sgt A Bowers
• F/Sgt R Blackburn

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