550 Squadron Photos
Ground Staff
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Lillian May Peet (back row - extreme right). Lillian was with 550 Sqdn from Dec 1943 until Oct 1945; she may have worked as a waitress (not confirmed)
Photo kindly made available by her daughter There is another picture of Lillian Peet & two others in the book "Maximum Effort 3" (page 23). Comparing that photo with this the woman standing on the extreme right might be Elsie Pool F/Lt Rowland Tilley (front row second from the left) in Flying Control (information from Desmond Tilley (son)) If you can identify others in the picture please send the information in to the web-site |
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WAAFs posted to North Killingholme December 1943
L-to-R: Helen (?), Elsie Pool, Lillian May Lait (neé Peet) |
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S/O Rosemary Britton |
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 27/11/2016
North Killingholme WAAFs, August 1944 Gwen Doonen, Joan Halton, Sylvia Dutton, Joyce Leigh, Nora Buck, Vivianne Johnson (back row, end right) Picture from Jack Harris collection |
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 16/11/2015
Two aircrew by Lancaster tail-gun Picture from Jack Harris collection Originally labelled "possibly Bob Towsley and another" (as the photos were received attached) BUT the family of Leslie Robert (Bob) Towsley have confirmed that in fact neither of the men in the photo is their relative So the picture has been removed from the LL81 crew web-page - but is shown here in case it is possible for someone to identify either man  18/12/2016
Thanks to Geoff Sutton for the following information The one on the right is my Dad, Leslie Sutton Leslie S. Sutton was in 550 Squadron as ground crew loading bombs into the Lancaster Bombers |
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Thanks to Geoff Sutton for the information and photos The one on the right is my Dad |
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18/12/2016
Thanks to Geoff Sutton for the information and photos Note the hairstyle of the younger photo of my dad taken in the late 50’s. In the picture taken in 2004 in the blue jacket, the pins and tie are from one of the Squadron Reunions, which he regularly attended until his passing in December 2006 |
Aircrew
W/Cmdr Bryan "Dingle" Bell
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Wing Commander Bryan "Dingle" Bell PoW (FTR 22 Feb 45) PoW picture from German archive: taken when W/Cmdr Bell was captured after going on the run following the crash. To find out how W/Cmdr Bell's family acquired this picture and learn more about him click here Picture courtesy of Gordon Bell |
P/O P J Dukelow and Crew
LL851 was shot down by a Messerschmitt over Belgium on 21/21 May 1944 on the operations to Duisburg. LL851 was one of three 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. The aircraft crashed into a field owned by Albert Van Hoornick at Heimolen (Oost-Vlaanderen) between the Wever and Heimolenstraat some 3 km south of Sint Niklass, where all were buried in the town's communal cemetery.
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St Niklaas Cemetery 1944
To find out more about LL851 and this crew lost over Belgium click here |
F/S G W Hinde and Crew
DV309 was shot down on the outskirts of Westerlo, Belgium, one of three 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on the Duisburg operation on 21/22 May 1944.
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F/S G W Hinde
To find out more about DV309 and this crew lost over Belgium click here See also the Westerlo Commemorations pages. |
F/O J C Adams and Crew
15/09/2013
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Crew photo (minus the F/Eng, Sgt Scott) L-to-R: F/O Renton, F/O Elcoate, Sgt Winstanley, F/Sgt Sterman, F/O Adams (P), F/Sgt Papple For further information and photos click here. Picture courtesy of Brian Goodwin |
F/O L B Cameron DFC and Crew
F/O Cameron and his crew did a full operational tour, many of the flights in LM273.
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Doorway: F/L Avery (Navigation Leader), F/L Bill Peek (Bombing Leader)
Back Row: Sgt Dave Eldridge, Sgt Frank Popple, F/Lt Jock Shaw, F/O Peggy Burnside (intel.), F/O Les Cameron, Sgt. Joe White Sgt Glen Sutherland, P/O Joe Rigby, Sgt F Piertney, S/Ldr B J Redmond Front Row: LM273 ground crew technical team (names unknown) Picture courtesy of Jim Cameron To see more photos of this crew and the list of the operations they completed click here |
F/O D H Grundy and Crew
LM273 was one of two 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on the Pforzheim operation on 23/24 February 1945. The crew on this flight was not the Cameron crew in the photograph above but the F/O Grundy crew.
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04/06/2012: with new information
02/08/2013: with new information
Left-to-right: F/O Grundy, F/Sgt Sowter, Sgt McLauchlan Sgt E W King, Sgt Figg, Sgt Mackenzie, Sgt Jarvis Picture courtesy of Jim Cameron For further information click here |
F/Lt J Lord DFC and Crew
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F/Lt Jim Lord and crew. F/Lt Lord and his crew did a full operational tour
Left To Right: Ken Down, Jim Lord, Guss Vass, Jock Elliott, Pat Scully, Bob Sebaski, Jack Shomberg Picture courtesy of Jim Cameron To see more photos of this crew and the list of the operations they completed click here |
F/Lt D A Shaw DFC and Bar and Crew
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16/12/2012: with newly scanned photo and information
F/Lt "Jock" Shaw, crew and ground crew, about August 1944 With ED905 /BQ-F ("Fox"), "Press on Regardless" 70 bombs painted on the nose - white bombs indicate daylight raids, dark bombs night raids For further information click here |
F/Lt E G Fleming and Crew
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F/Lt E G Fleming and crew, May 1945
To find out more about F/Lt Fleming and crew click here Photo courtesy of Tony Fleming |
S/Ldr Caldow and Crew
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F/Lt Cassidy with S/Ldr Caldow and crew, March 1945
To find out more about S/Ldr Caldow and crew click here F/Lt Cassidy carried out a second tour of operations with 550 Sqdn, after a first tour with 626 Sqdn. For details click here |
F/Lt A J D MacLachlan Crew
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F/Lt Donald McLaughlin and Crew after completing tour of 35 ops at North Killingholme
Back row. L-to-R: F/O J Barkley (Nav), F/Lt D MacLoughlan (P), J Parkinson (B/A) Front row. L-to-R: W/O R Lazzell, D Lloyd (W/Op), D Drake (MU/AG), D Kettell (F/Eng) Picture courtesy of Don Drake Don comments: (ca. Aug 2010) We all attended the dedication of the commemorative stone in 1982 but sadly I am the only one now left. |
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P/O R G Screen DFC and Crew
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For further information and photos click here Picture courtesy of Mark Simpson |
P/O J Beale DFC and Crew
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Note: Jim Beale has reported that F/O Green is incorrectly named in the photo and that
it should be F/O Geen who flew in PB514/BQ-Y (Yokel)
For further information and photos click here Picture courtesy of Mark Simpson |
F/Lt A W Browne DFC and Crew
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For further information and photos click here Picture courtesy of Mark Simpson |
F/Lt Johnston and Crew
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Picture courtesy of Mark Simpson |
P/O G Mearns DFC and Crew
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For further information and photos click here Picture courtesy of Mark Simpson |
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Sgt Fred Norris flew with the P/O Mearns Crew For photos of Fred Norris and others in the crew and to read Fred's notes and memories of operations click here Picture courtesy of Sheri Cooper |
P/O N S Rogers and Crew
09/09/2012
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F/O H Dodds and Crew
24/11/2012
F/O H Dodds, along with the rest of the crew of PD319 / BQ-G, was killed on 14 October 1944 when his Lancaster bomber was shot down on the raid to Duisburg.
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Sgt Albert Laidlaw flew as a rear gunner with 550 Squadron
For further information and photos click here Picture courtesy of Evelyn Miller |
At the Remembrance Sunday services in November 2012 a fragment of PD319 finally returned to North Killingholme, after 68 years (follow the information link above).
F/Sgt C G Foster and Crew
29/10/2012
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The crew of ND425 was killed on 30/31 March 1944 when their Lancaster bomber was shot down by a night-fighter on the raid to Nuremburg
To see further information click here This photo is available from a number of sources this copy courtesy of Norman Reid |
S/Ldr E L Pickles DFC* and Crew
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To see further information click here Information courtesy of Gary Brooks |
W/O G K Peasgood and Crew
27/04/2014 & 31/12/2018
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W/O George Peasgood was only 21 years old when he died
(one member of the crew, Sgt Sykes, survived as a PoW) For further information click here Picture courtesy of Les Finn |
F/Lt J Harris and Crew
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F/O C G K Edlund and Crew
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F/O G G H Cowper and Crew
18/08/2012
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To see further information click here Picture courtesy of Jim Cameron |
F/O E S Allen and Crew
11/06/2020
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To see further information click here Picture courtesy of Jim Cameron |
F/O Alderdice and Crew
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To see further information click here Picture courtesy of Jim Cameron |
F/O G E Blackler and Crew
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To see further information click here Picture courtesy of Mark Simpson |
F/Lt R M Newitt DFC and Crew
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F/L Newitt and crew
Left To Right: F/L Roland Newitt, F/O Johny Wright, F/O Bill Williams, W/O Billy Hill, F/O Levene, F/Sgt John Piper, F/O Harry Quick Picture courtesy of Colin Brannigan For more information about this crew and the list of the operations they completed click here |
F/O J Lukies and Crew
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F/O Lukies and crew
Left To Right: Back row: W Hoffman (RAF), Sgt J Crane (RAF), P/O J Lukies (RAAF) (Pilot), F/Sgt L Pfitzner (RAAF) Front row: F/Sgt J Foran (RAAF), F/Sgt D Cables (RAAF), P/O J Johnson (RAAF) Photo kindly made available by Gerard Foran (grandson of W/Op J Foran) For more information about this crew click here |
F/Sgt W R Cooper and Crew
550 Squadron Lancaster JB604 was lost during the night of 23/24 December 1943 when it was in collision with 550 Lancaster ED730 (BQ-G) and crashed at Fulston at 00.30hrs. This crew was only on their second operation with 550 Squadron, the squadron only having been formed out of 100 Squadron the previous month.
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F/Sgt William Richard Wright Cooper is buried in the churchyard at St Marys, Harrow on the Hill. Cross and inscription
Picture courtesy of Russell Bates To find out more about JB604 and the crew lost so early after the squadron formation click here |
F/Sgt S Langford and Crew
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Picture courtesy of Mark Simpson |
P/O K A Smith DFC and Crew
25/03/2015
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Picture courtesy of Syd Smith-Gauvin (brother of pilot Ken Smith) |
P/O R H Digby and Crew
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Picture courtesy of Brian Perrigo (son of James Leon Perrigo (A/G)) |
F/Sgt V R L Johnson and Crew
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Picture courtesy of Mark Simpson |
F/O G G Kennedy and Crew
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Picture courtesy of Rob Luxton |
F/O R D Harris and Crew
17/06/2012
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ME428/BQ-O was one of three 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on the Dessau operation on 7/8 March 1945
Crewed on this operation by F/O R D Harris and crew To see further information click here |
F/O F L Hern-Black and Crew
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Picture courtesy of Allan Hurlburt |
Leading Aircraftsman Phillip Lewis
17/06/2012
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Extreme left: leading aircraftsman Phillip Lewis. Others unknown.
Photo courtesy of Hylton Lewis (son of aircraftsman Lewis) |
Hylton Lewis has requested if anyone can put names to the unknown men in the photo which is almost certainly taken in North Killingholme shortly before The Phantom flew her 100th operation.
S/Ldr P A Nicholas and Crew
02/07/2012
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Can you spot the (future) TV comedy actor (mostly known for appearing as a straight man in the sketch shows of Benny Hill and Spike Milligan)?
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F/O S C Beeson and Crew
16/06/2013
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F/Sgt J H Vance and Crew
04/07/2012
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F/O J Harris and Crew
14/07/2012
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F/O D W Summons and Crew
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F/O R M Harris RNZAF and Crew
15/07/2012
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F/O A W L Lohrey and Crew
15/07/2012
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F/O W E Town and Crew
15/07/2012
04/03/2020
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F/O M D Hayes and Crew
16/07/2012
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S/Ldr J C Sarll and Crew
17/07/2012
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F/O K W Jeans and Crew
17/07/2012
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F/Lt M F A Maltin and Crew
17/07/2012
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S/Ldr F Hume and Crew
18/07/2012
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F/O I A Stevenson and Crew
19/07/2012
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F/O H A Findlay and Crew
22/07/2012 05/06/2013
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F/O H J Handley and Crew
23/07/2012
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F/O J E Franklyn DFC and Crew
24/07/2012
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Brother of F/O R P Franklyn DFC, also of 550 Sqdn (see below)
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F/O R P Franklyn DFC and Crew
24/07/2012
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Brother of F/O J E Franklyn DFC, also of 550 Sqdn (see above)
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F/Lt L Dale DFC and Crew
24/07/2012
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F/O G P Fauman and Crew
24/07/2012 08/06/2014
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Picture courtesy of David Drake |
F/O C J Jones and Crew
25/07/2012
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F/Lt R J Liefooghe and Crew
25/07/2012
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F/Sgt Dexter and Crew
26/07/2012
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F/Lt H S Grimes and Crew
26/07/2012
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S/Ldr E L Gosling and Crew
26/07/2012
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F/Sgt K F Wilson and Crew
26/07/2012
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F/Lt D E A Luger and Crew
27/07/2012
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P/O R A Jones and Crew
27/07/2012
All of these photos are members of P/O Jones crew; to date a photo of the full crew is unavailable.
All pictures courtesy of Mark Simpson.
For further information about this crew click here.
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F/Lt E G Blakeway and Crew
29/07/2012
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F/Lt N A Burrows and Crew
29/07/2012
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F/Lt E H Luder and Crew
29/07/2012
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F/Lt J P Morris and Crew
30/08/2012
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F/O K Bowen-Bravery DFC, CdG and Crew
01/09/2012 15/09/2013
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P/O Daniels and Crew
06/09/2012
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F/O F J Cox and Crew
09/09/2012
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F/O CJ Clarke and Crew
08/06/2014
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P/O A G Elliott and Crew
13/09/2012
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F/O M L Dubois DFC and Crew
15/09/2012
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F/Sgt Wall and Crew
15/09/2012
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P/O J G Smart and Crew
15/09/2012
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F/Sgt R Hopman RAAF and Crew
16/09/2012
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F/O G S Devereau and Crew
07/10/2012
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W/O H Davies and Crew
13/10/2012
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F/Lt Mitchell and Crew
13/11/2012
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Picture courtesy of Mark Simpson |
F/Sgt H Cochrane and Crew
13/11/2012
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Picture courtesy of Mark Simpson |
F/O V P Ansell and Crew
24/11/2012
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F/O H A Shenker DFC and Crew
25/11/2012
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F/Lt G T Pyke and Crew
25/12/2012
08/07/2014
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F/O R A Tapsell and Crew
07/12/2012
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F/O A C Bothe and Crew
08/12/2012
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F/O L G Michie DFC and Crew
08/12/2012
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F/Sgt A H Jefferies and Crew
15/12/2012
03/08/2013
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F/O C A Rhude and Crew
06/01/2013
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F/Sgt Banahan and Crew
06/01/2013
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F/O V G Roberts and Crew
06/01/2013
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P/O R Vaughan and Crew
24/01/2013
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F/Sgt J R Locke and Crew
03/02/2013
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F/Lt H G Johnston and Crew
03/02/2013
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F/O L S Johnston and Crew
03/02/2013
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F/Sgt F P Knight RAAF and Crew
03/02/2013
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F/Lt D R Parsons RAAF and Crew
03/02/2013 15/09/2020
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F/O J C Hutcheson DFC and Crew
22/03/2013 17/02/2016
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Crew and Ground Crew
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P/O P Maxwell DFC and Crew
24/03/2013
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F/O J J W Dawson and Crew
29/03/2013 30/07/2015
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Fl/Lt N L Rose DFC and Crew
29/03/2013
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F/O V A Thygessen RCAF DFC and Crew
30/03/2013
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Fl/Lt R Thomas DFC and Crew
01/04/2013
15/01/2014
17/07/2018
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P/O W J Bibby and Crew
17/04/2013
30/10/2015
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Pictures courtesy of Mandy Martin |
P/O F Dowson and Crew
18/04/2013
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Sgt Allington and Crew
12/05/2013
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F/Lt J A Sweeney RCAF and Crew
12/05/2013
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F/Lt Waite and Crew
12/05/2013 16/05/2013
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Photos of the first tour crew AND second tour crew (left) now online |
F/O L A Doward and Crew
12/05/2013
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F/Sgt Hodgkiss and Crew
01/06/2013
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S/Ldr G D Graham DFC AFC RAAF and Crew
17/06/2013
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F/Sgt C W Graham and Crew
17/06/2013
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F/Lt D J Boydon and Crew
16/07/2013
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F/Sgt D P Lambert and Crew
16/07/2013
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F/Sgt C R R Scott and Crew
01/08/2013
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P/O V J Bouchard DFC and Crew
04/02/2014
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F/O R Purvis DFC and Crew
09/02/2014
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F/Sgt J F Thomas and Crew
02/03/2014
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F/O D D S Ferguson DFC and Crew
02/03/2014
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F/O J B Barnes RCAF and Crew
23/03/2014
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F/O Kingsmill RAAF and Crew
23/03/2014
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F/O Thompson and Crew
23/03/2014
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F/Sgt M J Ball and Crew
31/03/2014
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F/Sgt Butler RAAF and Crew
31/03/2014
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F/Lt F S Steele DFC RCAF and Crew
01/03/2015 30/07/2015
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F/O R W Wright and Crew
24/03/2015
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F/Lt C M Irving and Crew
25/03/2015
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F/Lt L O Williams DFC RAAF and Crew
29/03/2015
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F/Lt RW Picton DFC and F/O J J Logan DFC
31/08/2015
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F/Lt J F Craig DFC RNZAF
31/08/2015
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F/O K F Sidwell DFC and Crew
03/11/2015
11/06/2020
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Picture courtesy of Mark Simpson |
F/O P M Roche
25/07/2016
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Picture courtesy of Christine Lang |
F/O J O Richard DFC Crew
18/02/2017
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Picture courtesy of Rob Rate |
F/Lt J S G Crawford Crew
17/09/2017
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Picture from Jack Harris collection |
F/O A D Young DFC Crew
10/09/2018
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Picture courtesy of Julian Hill |