Recollections of a flight engineer. Version Two

Recollections of a flight engineer. Version Two

Will a flight engineer’s brevet on the first page the recollections of Henry Sturrock of his time flying in the Halifax with No 640 Squadron at Leconfield, he flew his first operation on 12 September 1944 and his last on 2 March 1945, he flew on 35 operations.
He also recounts his experience in the RAF after his flying career while awaiting demobilisation. There are also crew photographs and a list of the operations that Henry carried out.

The first image, dated August 1944. is captioned, back row from left, 'Sgt. Williams (W.O), Sgt. Nealey (R.G), Sgt. Greenham (M.U), Sgt. Sturrock (E)' and the front row from the left 'F/Sgt. Unsworth (A.B) Sgt. English (C0 Sgt. Turner (N)'.

The second image is captioned 'End of tour for Dick English's crew in front of Halifax III NR237/W in March 1945 Left to right standing - Sgt. H. Sturrock, F/E; F/O A. Unsworth, DFC, B/A; Sgt. L.J. Greenham, M/U; F/O R.S. English, DFC, Pilot; F/O D.J.E. Turner, DRC, Nav; Sgt. W. Nealey, R/G; Sgt. T. Williams, W/Op. Ground crew in front: Tom, Bill, Jack, blondie, Les, Lofty and the dog was called Trixie.

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