The nose art on a Mark I Avro Lancaster bomber, with the squadron code WS-J (serial number ...

The nose art on a Mark I Avro Lancaster bomber, with the squadron code WS-J (serial number W4964), of 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force. 'J' Johnnie, completed an impressive 106 operations and is seen here after completing 104. It is one of approximately 35 Bomber Command Lancaster's to have completed over 100 operations. The large bomb (bottom right corner of the log) represents the 100th operation flown. This aircraft features the Johnny Walker whiskey symbol with the firm's equally famous motto, ‘Still Going Strong.’ The column of symbols next to the bomb log includes three ribbons representing the Distinguished Flying Cross and four representing the Distinguished Flying Medal. The chevron indicates a completed year of active service and the three vertical lines represent wound stripes, two for injured crew members and a third for an operational incident involving a container of fifty, four pound incendiary bombs, dropped from above, that passed through the aircraft's wing. The Lancaster has been credited with the destruction of a German aircraft (swastika) and a searchlight. Also visible is an unidentified three panel ribbon bar, possibly representing the 1939-45 star. The Russian red star with hammer and sickle represents a raid made from a Russian base at Yagodnik against the German battleship Tirpitz, on 15 September 1944. Aircraft from this squadron attacked the battleship twice more, on 29 October and 12 November 1944, using 12,000 pound Tallboy bombs. The later raid resulting in the destruction of the Tirpitz. The small kangaroo painted near the Navigator's and Wireless Operator's position was a gesture by the RAF to indicate that the aircraft carried two Australian crew members, 416597 PO (later Flight Lieutenant, (Flt Lt)), James William (Jim) Moore, DFC, Navigator, RAAF and 422824 PO (later Flt Lt) Robert (Bob) Woolf, Wireless Operator, RAAF.

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