550 Squadron Crew

P/O N D Holdsworth DFC and Crew

P/O Holdsworth and crew were posted to 550 Sqdn from No. 1 L.F.S. Hemswell w.e.f. 19.5.44:

The crew (with the exception of F/O Holdsworth and Sgt Kirky) were posted to ACAC w.e.f 6.9.44.

Thanks to Daniel Granger (grandson of Sgt H Granger (Air-Gunner)) for the following photographs and permission to include them here.

	P/O Holdsworth and crew, 1944 Based on the identifications in the annotated image: L-to-R (back-row): Sgt Granger (R/AG), Sgt Mimmack (F/Eng), Sgt Venables (B/A), P/O Holdworth (P), Sgt Kirby (Nav), Sgt Johnson (MU/AG), Sgt Steer (W/Op) Front Row: Ground crew
	P/O Holdsworth and crew (identifications as detailed above) plus some interesting abservations, including: "Air Crew "C" Charlie", "Notice whistle on battledress, aid if crashed at sea", and various crew nicknames

Sgt H Granger (Air-Gunner)

Photos from Operations

Thanks to Ralph Perkins for sending in the following scans of photographs from P/O Holdsworth records. Note that all the scans are now available as (png) images. Beneath each image is a link which shows the op details on the "Squadron Operations: Summary Information" page for the operation identified in the image.

Wimereaux, EE139, 3/4 Jun 1944	Flers, EE193, 9/11 Jun 1944	Achères, EE193, 10/11 Jun 1944
Gelsenkirchen, EE193, 12/13 Jun 1944	Sterkrade, EE193, 16/17 Jun 1944	Saintes, EE193, 23/24 Jun 1944

Pas de Calais (Flers on photo), EE193, 24/25 Jun 1944	Domleger/Pas de Calais, EE193, 29 Jun 1944
Caen, EE193, 7 Jul 1944	Scholven-Buer, EE193, 19 Jul 1944

Wizernes, EE193, 20 Jul 1944	Kiel, EE193, 23/24 Jul 1944
Le Havre, EE193, 01 Aug 1944 (photo dated 31 Jul)	Le Havre, EE193, 02 Aug 1944 (photo dated 2 Aug) (ORB lists Belle Croix les Bruyers, 02 Aug 1944)

Pauillac, EE193, 4 Aug 1944

Pauillac, EE193, 5 Aug 1944

Duigny, EE193, 10 Aug 1944