23 airmen and ground crew and Lancaster

23 airmen and ground crew and Lancaster

The 23 men are arranged in two rows under the port side front of a Lancaster. The Lancaster has a large number of operations recorded on the nose. On the reverse - 'copy Fiskerton 5.45 Avro 685 Lancaster LM227 UL-I / 576 Squadron After 100th operation which was a food drop to the Dutch with F/Lt Stuart B Simpson & crew NB Last five sorties marked by Sacks instead of Bombs Swastica [sic] denotes German a/c shot down by this aircraft & DFC ribbon that this was awarded to one of its crew'.

1945-05

One b/w photograph

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