Crewing Up by Graeme Lothian (GL) UNT2GL11GL. Crewing Up by Graeme Lothian. Crew of Lancasters 101 Squadron RAF, stand chatting and drinking cups of tea supplied by the WMCA vans. Delays in Ops for an hour or so allow the crews a chance to light up and have a cup of tea. 101 Squadron based at Ludford Magna were a squadron with a difference, from 1943 the Lancasters were fitted with special radio jamming equipment known as ABC or AirBorne Cigar and carried an eighth crew member known as
3rd Hussars by Richard Simkin
during this time U-99 became one of the most successful submarines of the war
3 Battalion
HMS Hood Passing Under the Forth Rail Bridge by Ivan Berryman
Weighing 2
RS+RA is shown on a test flight
Hans-Ulrich Rudel died in 1982
After the war she served from 1919 in the Mediterranean providing Gun fire support to the white Russians in the Black Sea until 1920
Two of the pilots
Alongside is the portrait of AJ-M pilot Flt Lt J V Hopgood
After abandoning Rostov and Kharkov in the face of the Soviet Winter Offensive
It was surely Captain Blighs finest hour and an act of selfless bravery