Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1944-1945. A Boeing B-17 crew of the 5th Bombardment Wing, 15th USAAF, after returning to Amendola, Italy, from a daylight bombing mission over Sofia, Bulgaria, have driven over to the dispersals of No. 150 Squadron RAF to wish a crew of a Vickers Wellington Mark X good luck before they take off for a night raid on the same target. The RAF crew are, (right to left): Sergeant M Jefferson of Manchester, (wireless operator) Sergeant G Heywood of Upton-by-Chester, (rear gunner) Flight Lieutenant V T 'Bill' Skehill of Kooyong, Australia, (p
Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1944-1945. A Boeing B-17 crew of the 5th Bombardment Wing, 15th USAAF, after returning to Amendola, Italy, from a daylight bombing mission over Sofia, Bulgaria, have driven over to the dispersals of No. 150 Squadron RAF to wish a crew of a Vickers Wellington Mark X good luck before they take off for a night raid on the same target. The RAF crew are, (right to left): Sergeant M Jefferson of Manchester, (wireless operator) Sergeant G Heywood of Upton-by-Chester, (rear gunner) Flight Lieutenant V T 'Bill' Skehill of Kooyong, Australia, (pilot), who is shaking hands with the American crew captain, 2nd Lieutenant Walters Flying Officer P R Jameson of Brisbane, Australia, (navigator) Flight Sergeant E W Turner of Northfleet, Kent, (bomb aimer)
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