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Short Stirling & RAF Bomber Command Forum Lancaster III PB471 AR-F2. 576 Squadron. Operation Dortmund 20/21 February,1945 After briefing the crew of this Lancaster took off at 2137 hours from RAF Binbrook. Lancaster III PB471 AR-F2 had just bombed the target at Dortmund and twenty minutes later ...

Short Stirling & RAF Bomber Command Forum Lancaster III PB471 AR-F2. 576 Squadron. Operation Dortmund 20/21 February,1945 After briefing the crew of this Lancaster took off at 2137 hours from RAF Binbrook. Lancaster III PB471 AR-F2 had just bombed the target at Dortmund and twenty minutes later ...

PAFG wrote:Tommy cookers = little fold out metal hexamine cookers - hexamine blocks are like firelighters. The stove works perfectly with standard British Army mess tins.

You beat me to the draw PAFG

Best regards

Bob

Is it a Boeing B17 G

Short Stirling & RAF Bomber Command Forum *Lancaster HK548 KO-. RAF 115 Squadron, RAF Witchford,Operation Massy Palaiseau,France 07/08 June 1944 The crew of this aircraft took of a 0023 hours on the morning of Thursday 8th June to bomb a target at Massy Palaiseau. whilst over France and on the r...

Short Stirling & RAF Bomber Command Forum *Lancaster HK548 KO-. RAF 115 Squadron, RAF Witchford,Operation Massy Palaiseau,France 07/08 June 1944 The crew of this aircraft took of a 0023 hours on the morning of Thursday 8th June to bomb a target at Massy Palaiseau. whilst over France and on the r...

Hi Colin,

Many thanks for your details on the books and other comforts sent to the camps by the
Red Cross, as its very interesting information.

Best regards

Bob

Reference a British Red Cross Society letter dated 20th May 1943. Re:-Prisoners of War. No darts or dartboards may be sent to Germany or Italy. Most of the leading booksellers in provincial tows possess the necessary permit for export. In country districts orders may be placed through the branches o...

Let us all hope that they catch this sad individual who ever he is, and make him pay for
the damage he has done to a memorial to War Heroes.

Hi Barry, I have just checked out the two Australians on the Commonwealth War graves site, and they are not recorded, so it looks like they survived the crash, and may have bailed out behind the allied lines. There is no record of them being a Prisoner of War either as I have checked my list. Best r...