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Flight Lieutenant Horace Drew DFC and crew

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Horace (centre) with his crew. They flew twice in ME 801. The first time on the 2 May
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1945 to Rotterdam and the second on the 3 May 1945 to Valkenburg Airfield, (the dropping of
food supplies to the starving Dutch population) (Operation Manna).

The crew’s identities, other than Horace Drew (centre) in this picture is not known.

Horace Drew’s crew:
Sergeant G. Booth - Flight Engineer

Sergeant A. W. Stone - Air Bombardier

Sergeant A. T. Turton - Navigator

Flight Sergeant W. Guthrie - Wireless Operator

Sergeant L. Cousins - Mid Upper Gunner

Sergeant J. P. Reilly - Rear Gunner