April 17, 2015 at 1:47 pm
A COMPLETE SEVEN-MAN LANCASTER CREW: BOMBER COMMAND part 1
George ‘Johnnie’ Johnson, Jo Lancaster, Frank Tilley, Hal Gardner, John de Hoop, Dave Fellowes, Steve Bethell
with Paul Beaver
In this unique event, we are thrilled to be getting together seven veterans who made up the different roles on a Lancaster bomber during the Second World War. This will be the chance to hear what it was like to fly over Nazi-occupied Europe, whether pilot, bomb-aimer, navigator, flight engineer, tail-gunner, radio operator or mid-upper gunner – and from men whose combined experience amounted to over 150 operations.
http://programme.cvhf.org.uk/?date=2015-06-28
By: FarlamAirframes - 17th April 2015 at 13:48
Followed by
BOMBER COMMAND part 2: THE COMMAND AND THE MEN
Steve Darlow and Robert Owen
In this second part of our Bomber Command double-bill, Steve Darlow and Rob Owen will be discussing the wider role of Bomber Command, what motivated its men, the reality of the operations, and also the Command’s long and difficult journey through the war, and its impact and legacy.