550 Squadron Photos

S/Ldr B J Redmond DFC* and Crew

F/Lt B J Redmond and crew were posted to 550 Squadron from No. 1 LFS Hemswell on 7th June 1944:

All but two of this crew (S/Ldr Redmond and F/Lt Hardy) were however killed when LL837 was lost on the raid on Revigny, 14 Jul 1944 with the Squadron Commanding Officer W/Cmdr P E C C Connolly piloting. The Senior Gunnery Officer, F/Lt K W L Fuller, was flying in place of F/Lt O A Hardy as gunner.
See: LL837, Roll of Honour page.

F/Lt Redmond became S/Ldr Redmond and was Flight Commander "B" Flight: July 1944 - 03 January 1945.

The pictures below show S/Ldr Redmond with various air and ground-crews.

	S/Ldr B J Redmond DFC and crew and ground crew Left To Right: (Can you help put names to faces? Please email in if you can)
	F/O L B Cameron DFC and crew with Peggy Burnside and S/Ldr Redmond on right
	F/O V A Thygessen DFC (RCAF) and crew with S/O Burnside (left side) and S/O Young (right side) and S/Ldr Redmond near centre.
	F/Lt D A 'Jock' Shaw DFC and Bar and crew. Before take-off for 100th trip of "PRESS ON REGARDLESS" Lancaster ED905 On left Ft/Lt R (Bob) Stone, on right S/Ldr B J Redmond

S/Ldr B J Redmond DFC and crew (same/similar photo to that above which includes the ground crew)
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Thanks to Peter Robinson for making the photograph available. Peter's mother served in the WAAF, and quite likely at North Killingholme given the photo was in her possession.

Sgt Cecil Watson (R/AG)

Thanks to Alan Watson for making these photos available for the 550 record and the web-site.

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