THE WARSAW UPRISING, AUGUST-NOVEMBER 1944 - Brigadier James (Jimmy) Durrant, the Commander of No. 205 (Heavy Bomber) Group RAF, in conversation with crew members in the RAF air base in Amendola, 23 August to right:Warrant Office John MacLachlan (wireless operator) of 31 Mons Road, Delville, Germiston, Transvaal. Sergeant James Tumelty (gunner) of 48 Grange Road West, Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, England (detached from the RAF).Major Gerard Greindl DFC (pilot) of James Durrant. Members of the crew of a Consolidated Liberator B-24 of No. 31 Squadron SAAF which took part in
THE WARSAW UPRISING, AUGUST-NOVEMBER 1944 - Brigadier James (Jimmy) Durrant, the Commander of No. 205 (Heavy Bomber) Group RAF, in conversation with crew members in the RAF air base in Amendola, 23 August to right:Warrant Office John MacLachlan (wireless operator) of 31 Mons Road, Delville, Germiston, Transvaal. Sergeant James Tumelty (gunner) of 48 Grange Road West, Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, England (detached from the RAF).Major Gerard Greindl DFC (pilot) of James Durrant. Members of the crew of a Consolidated Liberator B-24 of No. 31 Squadron SAAF which took part in the operations to resupply the Polish Home Army by air during the Warsaw Uprising. In attempting to drop their loads at under 500 feet over drop-zones in the middle of the heavily-defended city during August 1944, the Squadron suffered heavy losses. Amendola, 23 August 1944 South African Air Force, South African Air Force, Sqdn, 31, Durrant, James Thom
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