ENGLAND. C.1943-11. THE SCOREBOARD ON "G FOR GEORGE", THE FAMOUS AVRO LANCASTER B1 BOMBER ...

Accession Number P00298.007
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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ENGLAND. C.1943-11. THE SCOREBOARD ON "G FOR GEORGE", THE FAMOUS AVRO LANCASTER B1 BOMBER AIRCRAFT (W4783) OF NO. 460 SQUADRON, RAAF, AFTER IT HAD COMPLETED 67 OPERATIONS. THE "SAINT" FIGURES NEXT TO THE BOMBS INDICATE MISSIONS FLOWN BY FLIGHT SERGEANT J.A. SAINT SMITH; THE MEDAL RIBBONS APPEARING AFTER EACH 30TH BOMB IS AN `AWARD' GIVEN TO THE AIRCRAFT BY THE SQUADRON; THE "V FOR VICTORY" SIGNS ON SOME OF THE BOMBS INDICATE MISSIONS FLOWN BY FLYING OFFICER J. HENDERSON; THE PAIR OF CHERRIES INDICATE MISSIONS FLOWN BY PILOT OFFICER "CHERRY" CARTER. NOTE: THE "SAINT FIGURES" NEXT TO THE SECOND AND THIRD BOMBS WERE LATER REMOVED, BECAUSE THESE MISSIONS WERE FLOWN BY FLIGHT SERGEANT A. MCKINNON. (DONOR J. RICHMOND)