550 Squadron Photos

Bowen-Bravery crew, CdG Citation

CdG Citation (colour): F/O Bowen-Bravery crew See F/O Bowen-Bravery crew Picture courtesy of Jack Harris

North Killingholme Station

	Intelligence Library, North Killingholme Picture from Jack Harris collection
	Preparations being made for the Nordhausen raid on 3 April 1944 with F/O Peggy Burnside and S/Ldr Bruce Dermer working on the map Picture from Patrick Otter collection
	Interior of the Officers' Mess, North Killingholme Picture from Patrick Otter collection
	26/12/2019 F/O Thygussen DFC (RCAF) and crew Originally listed as Unknown Crew, North Killingholme. Compare, however, the photos on the F/O Thygussen and crew web-page and this does indeed look like a positive identification Thanks to Lee Norgate for making the link Picture from Patrick Otter collection
	F/Eng Training room For more photos in the Flight Engineering classroom click here

Miscellaneous (North Killingholme)

	The Hopman crew attending to their Austin 7 See F/Sgt Hopman crew
	Killingholme Station Band The Group Captain in the band photograph is the CO, North Killingholme Picture courtesy of Graham Brett
	Party, Senior NCOs Mess, October 1945 Annotation on the rear "Party in the Senior NCO's Mess. Air-crew voted en masse to spend all accummulated funds on a gigantic free party" (probably October 1945 when 550 Squadron was disbanded and the station was put on a "care and maintenance" basis) Picture from Jack Harris collection
	17/01/2021 Possibly the F/O J O Richard DFC (RCAF) crew New photo of F/Sgt W G Rate (W/Op) added to the F/O J O Richard crew web-page. Due to the presence of F/Sgt Rate it is thought that this may be the F/O Richard crew (possibly with ground-crew). Picture from Rodney Rate (son of F/Sgt Rate)
	05/02/2024 Motorcyclist with side-car somewhere on North Killingholme Station Picture from Mark Bradley (son of LAC V Bradley)
	08/02/2024 Ground crew group photo Picture from Mark Bradley
	10/02/2024 Lancaster being bombed up Picture from Mark Bradley
	09/03/2024 Ground crew loading bomb bay Picture from Mark Bradley

Miscellaneous (Other)

	06/01/2019 RAAF Wireless operators at a training unit. Possibly ca. early May 1945 (or more likely sometime before) The annotation on the rear (from Roy Blows) shows that they all left "Oz" at the same time, and trained together. Includes a number of men who went on to fly with 550 Sqdn For a list of all RAAF W/Ops in 550 Sqdnn see: W/Op list Picture courtesy of Sandra Zigra (Roy Blows)
	06/01/2019 RAAF Wireless operators (rear of photo above) Men (from signature) who went on to fly with 550 Sqdn, including: H J Bickerstaff Roy Blows Phil Borton Norman Bricknell Bob Brock Picture courtesy of Sandra Zigra (Roy Blows)

North Killingholme Airfield

	Taken in the 1930s on Low Farm before the airfield was built there. George Turner's father is driving the tractor and his younger brother Allan is on the binder. Picture courtesy of George Turner
	George Turner on the combine harverter in 1964 This was the first harvest after the airfield land was returned to the Turner family Picture courtesy of George Turner

Football Teams

	Inter Section Knockout Championship North Killingholme 1945
	550 Sqdn vs. HMS Farne 1945
	Killingholme Football Team Picture courtesy of Graham Brett

Photos Taken on Cook's Tours

"Cook's tour" - a sightseeing flight taking non-aircrew personnel for a flight over France and Germany to show them the results of the bombing campaign.

Many thanks to Peter Spindler DFC* (Navigator in the S/Ldr Pickles crew) for making these photographs taken on various Cook's Tours available.

	Dortmund, 1945
	Wesel, 1945
	Cologne Railway Station, 1945

International Bomber Command Centre

Photos of a number of commemorative stone tablets to 550 air-crew at the International Bomber Command Centre, Canwick Hill, Lincoln.

Photos from April and December 2019 (except Sgt Levy (November 2020, Joy Klos)).

F/Sgt Martin-Smith DFM Clarence Tattersall and crew

Sgt M H Levy (Nav)

F/Sgt George Bulman (Nav)

Sgt K J B Smith

F/Sgt Roy Blows

F/Lt James Cassidy DFC*

For the interested reader see also the IBCC Digital Archive page on this web-site where links to a number of 550 Squadron veteran interviews are listed.

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