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55 Men and 1 Woman = Short Stirling
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:37 am
by K4KittyCrew
My good friend Dom (Skintman)
http://www.lancasterbombers.com/ ....... has passed this photo onto me, thanks mate. I think it is a great set up.
John
Re: 55 Men and 1 Woman = Short Stirling
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:19 pm
by smudgersmith218
John,
This is infact No.218 Squadron. I have a series of photographs from the IWM.
Regards
Steve
Re: 55 Men and 1 Woman = Short Stirling
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:08 am
by K4KittyCrew
That's great Steve. I would love to have a better quality, larger photo of the 'front on' photo, at the bottom. We so many of the Lancaster by this is the only one I've seen of the Stirling.
John
Re: 55 Men and 1 Woman = Short Stirling
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:49 pm
by Dave_Richardson
It's a great picture. I'll bet the photographer was fuming when he got the print back from the "chemist". On a better quality version you can see that the Waaf is clearly bored with the whole thing and is yawning and the chap in the back row, fourth from the right, has had enough and is walking off!
The photos of the chaps pushing the Stirling is of OJ-T, 149 Squadron. This could be of significance to me personally because depending on the serial number my uncle and his crew flew in this Stirling on their penulitamate mission together. Here's a clearer photo and one in colour as well.
Dave
Re: 55 Men and 1 Woman = Short Stirling
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 3:56 pm
by smudgersmith218
Dave_Richardson wrote:It's a great picture. I'll bet the photographer was fuming when he got the print back from the "chemist". On a better quality version you can see that the Waaf is clearly bored with the whole thing and is yawning and the chap in the back row, fourth from the right, has had enough and is walking off!
The photos of the chaps pushing the Stirling is of OJ-T, 149 Squadron. This could be of significance to me personally because depending on the serial number my uncle and his crew flew in this Stirling on their penulitamate mission together. Here's a clearer photo and one in colour as well.
Dave
Hi Dave,
I did not realise that the "Erks" pushing the Stirling where No.149 Squadron. I have the two other photographs from the IWM, plus two more from what I was informed was a set. I pressumed "Wrongly" that all four were 218, that will teach me.
There is an entry in the Station and Squadron ORB about the photo-shoot, I will dig it out and post it if I get time.
Cheers mate
Steve
Re: 55 Men and 1 Woman = Short Stirling
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:13 pm
by Dave_Richardson
Cheers Steve
Much appreciated!
Dave