On Saturday 14/9 Radio 4 ran the story of Wynford Vaughan-Thomas’s report recorded aboard a Lancaster Bomber during a raid on Berlin in 1943. A combination of current and the 1943 broadcast recorded on shellac disks.
As usual, apologies if dealt with elsewhere, mods please delete if so.
By: Kilonovember52 - 16th September 2013 at 10:41
The following http://www.felstedremembers.uwclub.net/GEbert.htm lists the crew on the night that ED586 EM-F was lost as:
Pilot – Flight Lieutenant George Henry Ebert DFC RAF
2nd Pilot aboard for experience – Wing Commander Ashley Duke Jackson MiD RAF
Flight Engineer – Sergeant Bernard Owen Greenhill RAF
Navigator – Flight Sergeant Fred Thomas Murray Sidebotham RAFVR
Air Bomber -Flying Officer Peter Noel Hodgson RAFVR
Wireless Operator – Flight Sergeant Jack Thomas Toplis RAFVR
Mid Upper Gunner – Sergeant Aubrey Harris Miller RAFVR
Rear Gunner – Flight Sergeant Alfred John Simmons RAFVR
The aircraft took off from RAF Spilsby in Lincolnshire just minutes before midnight on 6th January 1944. The aircraft was shot down in the target area of Stettin, which was then part of Germany.
By: jack windsor - 16th September 2013 at 10:13
I can’t get that link to work properly … in a hotel in NZ mind you which might have a bearing on things. I heard the 1st few minutes and it says “in a plane nicknamed F for Freddy” Do we know what squadron and crew they (BBC crew) flew with?
Off that … Google is my friend. 207 Sqdn
http://www.orbem.co.uk/repwar/wr_intro.htm
He also calls the pilot Ken while talking about the full moon…
By: Kilonovember52 - 16th September 2013 at 10:05
Does anyone know if it was the same crew who flew Wynford Vaughan-Thomas on his raid to Berlin who were flying E586 when she went missing on 6th Jan 1944?
By: Smith - 16th September 2013 at 09:37
I can’t get that link to work properly … in a hotel in NZ mind you which might have a bearing on things. I heard the 1st few minutes and it says “in a plane nicknamed F for Freddy” Do we know what squadron and crew they (BBC crew) flew with?
Off that … Google is my friend. 207 Sqdn
http://www.orbem.co.uk/repwar/wr_intro.htm
By: lanc35 - 16th September 2013 at 01:42
Thanks very much for this.. will give it a listen!
By: David_Kavangh - 15th September 2013 at 15:49
Oh yeah! So it is. Silly me! Thanks.
By: Eddie - 15th September 2013 at 15:43
The link above is for the whole programme. Listening to it right now! Thanks for the link RedRedWine!
By: David_Kavangh - 15th September 2013 at 15:33
Unfortunately, only caught the end of this on R4. I recall W V-T talking about this on the BBC Parkinson talk show in the early 80s (with Clive James, if I recall correctly!) The show last night was more than just the W V-T recording which is available on CD (and to download). Just hope it’s on again at some point.
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September 15, 2013 at 2:50 pm