Air Crew Photo Archive

Sources are varied and the permission to use the material appreciated

 

Updated: January 2008

Unknown Crew: Believed to be form either an Australia or New Zealand Squadron

Crew from 622 Squadron, Lancaster LL885 "GI-J"

102 Squadron Halifax, DY-B at Pocklington taken at the end of the crews tour.

 

Back Row L-R) : Bud Watson, Rear Gunner; Ron Champion, Pilot; ? Saxon, Navigator; Paddy Gilmour, Flight Engineer; Phil ?, Bomb Aimer

Front Row (L-R) : Butch Lewis, Wireless Op; Johnny Willis, Mid-Upper Gunner

Sgt. Patrick J. Murray, Rear Gunner and his Crew from 433 (Porcupine) Squadron, RCAF, Lancaster A-Able.

405 Squadron, RCAF Lancaster III, PB-451, "LQ-G"


F/O G. Peaker RCAF, Pilot; Sgt A. Kirkcaldy RAF, Flt/engineer; F/O E. Hayes RCAF, Navigator;
F/O R. Butterworth RCAF, bomb aimer; Sgt R. Smith RAF, Visual bomb aimer; W/O2 R. Baker RCAF, Wireless operator; F/Sgt E. Perrault RCAF, Mid upper gunner; F/Sgt J. Adam RCAF, Rear gunner.

 

This crew took off from Gransden Lodge at 01:32. all are buried in the Rheinberg War Cemetery. Sgt Kirkcaldy at 36 was above the average age of operational airmen while it further observed that F/O Butterworth was an American from Richville New York. He was a graduate of Clarkson College where he had been a member of the Phalanx Honorary Fraternity.

An unidentified Pilot stands in front of what is believed to be a 22,000 lbs Grand Slam Bomb.

 

The aircraft is thought to be from

 No. 617 (Dambuster) Squadron, however it could also be from No. 9 Squadron who also dropped this bomb type.

Ray Iniff (center) and crew, stand in front of what is believed to be Lancaster NG274 while training at either No. 1651 or No. 1168 Heavy Conversion Units.

 

This Lancaster as far as can be determined was never assigned to a front line squadron and was to crash during training on 03 October 1945

Unidentified Crew

 

Along with a Lancaster carrying unidentified nose art

Unidentified Crew

 

In front of Lancaster "T" Tommy

Unidentified Crew 

Unidentified Crew

 

In front of NO. 525" Squadron, RAF Lancaster CF-U2

"Were Take Anything"