Lancaster and 149 Squadron Flight Engineers

Lancaster and 149 Squadron Flight Engineers

Photo 1 is a port side view of a Lancaster with engines running on the ground. Other aircraft are visible in the background.
Photo 2 is a group of 17 flight engineers arranged in three rows. Each individual is identified in the caption.

1945

Two b/w photographs on two album pages

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[Photograph]

149 Squadron. R.A.F. Methwold. 1945.
Lancaster ‘Right over Might’ leaving its dispersal point. The amount of operations carried out by this aircraft are shown by the bombs painted on the fuselage.
Flown by S/Ldr. Eric Rodgers.

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[Photograph]

149 Squadron. R.A.F. Methwold. 1945.
Flight-Engineers Section.
[Underlined] Leader. F/Lt. Alec Gilbert D.F.C. [/underlined]
L to R Rear. F/S. G. Antell. F/S. Graham, W/O Donnelly. W/O Grove. F/S Hartnett. F/S Haslam.

Centre L to R. F/S Ron Tandy. W/O Wittering W/O Fletcher. F/Lt Alec Gilbert D.F.C. F/O Ted Hatcher. W/O Penfold.
Front L to R. F/S Harvey. F/S Charlesworth F/S Priestly. F/S Petrie.