550 Squadron Photos

F/Lt Steele DFC and Crew

F/Lt Steele and crew were posted to 550 Sqdn from No. 1 LFS 3rd June 1944:

However, there were also other crewmen that flew a number ops with this pilot:

F/Lt Frank ("Stainless") Steele DFC and crew completed a full operational tour with 550 Squadron, completely their tour and leaving the squadron in October 1944.

	Fl/Lt F.S. Steele (RCAF) and crew. Fl/Lt Gardiner (Armaments Officer)
	F/Lt Steele with Lancaster and crew Thanks to John Steele (son of F/Lt Steele) for making the photo available F/Lt Steele once described that during a down period, one of the lads painted the picture on the side of the plane - Kitty was apparently his girlfriend

Thanks to Rod Walters (son of Sgt Walters) for making available the following photographs from his father's records.

	F/Lt Steele with Lancaster and crew (Kitty's Reply) Back row, 3rd from left Sgt Walters (without any headgear)
	Just off to Bomb Stettin, NW Germany Centre Sgt Walters (holding a flask)
	F/O J J W Dawson crew (F/O J J W Dawson)
	F/O J J W Dawson crew (reverse)

BQ-J

BQ-J, Crew Names on reverse

Log Books

Thanks to John Steele (son of F/Lt Steele) for making available the following page from his father's log book.

Thanks to Rod Walters (son of Sgt Walters (F/Eng)) for making available the following pages from his father's log book.

F/Lt Steele DFC

F/L Steele's DFC was gazetted in the supplement to the London Gazette, see: London Gazette 12 January 1945.

Thanks to John Steele (son of F/Lt Steele) for making the following (post-war) photos and documents available.

	Frank Steele Signing
	Frank Steele climbing into CF-100
	Frank Steele, by this time S/Ldr Steele, clocks up 10000Hours

Document	Description
	Frank Steele and CF-100
	Frank ("Stainless") Steele died in Ottawa in 2012, aged 93. See this obituary which appeared in the OTTAWA CITIZEN May 22 2012. The following item appeared later in the Ottawa Citizen