Five airmen standing at the rear of Lancaster QR-J. The crew from left to right is Bill Jackman, mid upper gunner; Des Murray, navigator; David Scholes, pilot; Ron Myall, bomb aimer, and Geoff Allen, rear gunner (RAAF).
Jim Barr grew up in Scotland and worked as an apprentice engineer before volunteering for the Royal Air Force. He trained as a navigator in South Africa and flew operations with 61 Squadron. He describes what it was like to be a navigator with Bomber…