Geoff Blamires and crew

Geoff Blamires and crew

Geoff with four aircrew that he flew with. On the reverse captioned 'L to R Geoff Blamires - Nav, Doug Maycroft - Bomb Aimer, Den Barton - Flight Engineer, Frank Farnham - Mid upper gunner, Dennis 'Danny' Josey - Pilot. The last two are bracketed together with a note. Killed flying as stand- in on another aircraft 15/7/44 Lanc III NE136 PM-L'.

It was Frank Farnham. mid upper gunner, who was killed. Dennis "Danny" Josey went on to complete his tour and to stay in the RAF after the war. He was awarded two DFC's and honoured to lead the Queen's Coronation flypast in 1953. Danny died in 2011 aged 91.

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