A VETERAN OF A BOMBER COMMAND SQUADRON - Halifax bomber "D" for Donald (Duck) has 41 bombs painted on its nose denoting the number of its operational flights. It has since made two more sorties - to Mannheim and Nuremburg, and is a veteran of the Squadron. Six members of the crew of "D" for Donald. They have all made several trips in this bomber. The pilot - Sergeant Dunlop of Glasgow, formerly a draughtsman, is looking out of the cabin; leaning out of the front hatchm reaching for his parachute pack is the navigator, Pilot Officer Stapley of Newcastle-on-Tyne, ex-forestry student. T
A VETERAN OF A BOMBER COMMAND SQUADRON - Halifax bomber "D" for Donald (Duck) has 41 bombs painted on its nose denoting the number of its operational flights. It has since made two more sorties - to Mannheim and Nuremburg, and is a veteran of the Squadron. Six members of the crew of "D" for Donald. They have all made several trips in this bomber. The pilot - Sergeant Dunlop of Glasgow, formerly a draughtsman, is looking out of the cabin; leaning out of the front hatchm reaching for his parachute pack is the navigator, Pilot Officer Stapley of Newcastle-on-Tyne, ex-forestry student. The others, reading from left to right are - Sergeant H. Lewis of Sunderland, the rear gunner, formerly an RAF apprentice; Sergeant Dunlop, bomb aimer, of Hawick, formerly a forestry student; Sergeant Bilton of Stubbington, wireless operator, formerly a clerk; and Sergeant F. Cowler, of Exeter, flight engineer, formerly a traveller. Picture issued 1943. , Royal Air Force
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