John Young and his crew

John Young and his crew

Seven aircrew in Mae Wests standing in front of the undercarriage of a Halifax. Two kneel in front and five stand behind. The middle man in the rear is wearing an officers peaked cap. The letter B can be seen behind on the undercarriage door. Crew are named as ( back row, left to right) 'Self' [John Young] - flight engineer, 'Cam' [Robert Campbell] - mid upper gunner, Earl 'Les' Fox – bomb aimer, Lloyd Gapes – navigator, (Front Row, Left to Right) 'Buzz' [? Busby] – rear gunner, John Hartley – wireless operator, Les Stedman – pilot (leaning on John Hartley). Information on the item was kindly provided by the donor.

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