550 Squadron Photos
F/O V P Ansell and Crew
F/O Ansell and crew were posted to 550 Sqdn from No. 1 LFS w.e.f 26/8/44:
- F/O V P Ansell DFC (P)
- Sgt G P Sythes (F/Eng)
- Sgt T D Rodgers (Nav)
- Sgt L Trudgian (B/A)
- F/Sgt H A Eldersfield (W/Op)
- P/O G J Horsfall (MU/AG)
- Sgt S J H Adams (R/AG)
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L-to-R: F/O Ansell, F/S Rodgers, Sgt Trodgian, Sgt Lambie, F/Sgt Elderfield, Sgt Doherty, Sgt Adams
Note that Trodgian differs from the name given in the ORB (Trudgian). It is unclear which is the correct spelling. Also Sgt H Doherty who is recorded in the ORB as flying either as MU/AG or R/AG on different occasions, assumed as MU/AG here |
On the 4th November 1944 the Flight Engineer (Sgt G P Sythes) was badly injured by flak and as a result was transferred out on 05/11/44 to hospital. Consequently the Ansell crew flew with a couple of different F/Eng for their later ops, and their details are:
- Sgt H Moreton (F/Eng)
- Sgt Lambie (F/Eng) (as pictured in the crew photo above)
Station Narrative No.9
Station Narrative No. 9 is included in the Station Operational Record Book, and describes the 4th November 1944 flight in which Sgt G P Sythes, the F/Eng, was badly injured:
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Station Narrative No. 9
Ansell crew, Bochum, 4/5 November 1944 NG250 (F) landed at Manston with flak damage. The F/Eng was hit by flak and had a compound fracture of left leg |