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This image of the crew and ground crew was taken at Fiskerton under PD232
                          O-Oboe. A mixed nationality crew, they are left to right as follows:



                                Sergeant Paul Wrightman - Flight Engineer R.A.F.V.R.
                                      Neil Donovan - Wireless Operator R.A.A.F.

                           Flying Officer William Carland Johnston - Bomb Aimer R.C.A.F.

                             Squadron Leader David ‘Mickey’ Masters - Pilot R.A.F.V.R.

                                     Sergeant Jeff French - Navigator R.A.F.V.R.

                              Sergeant Smudge Smith - Mid Upper Gunner R.A.F.V.R.

                                Flight Sergeant Jock Smart - Rear Gunner R.A.F.V.R.


                   This Lancaster was Lost over Germany en-route to Dresden on the evening of
                  13  February 1945. The pilot, Flying Officer Roland Young was in collision with a
                    th
                Pathfinder Lancaster of 405 Squadron from RAF Gransden lodge at 18 to 20,000 ft.
                            All crew members from both Lancasters perished in the crash.
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