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A question from Iain Bramley:

The photograph below is a copy of some of the aircrew that dad flew with and I was told that it was of the crew of 'Q' Queenie which crashed when returning from Hamburg on 31 January 1943. I understood from my dad that he was not flying that night due to a severe head cold. I was wondering if you are any of your members might be able to put names to the faces of the people in the photograph at all. If it is some of the crew of 'Q' Queenie (ED 428) then on the far left end is F/O Frank Ridley (Navigator) and on the far right end is F/Sgt Elliott Cole (Pilot), but I have no idea who the two in the middle are. Having said this, the pilot may be F/Sgt Gould after looking at his photo on your website.

The image below has been sent in by Dave McCracken.
It is a sketch drawn by F/Sgt Albert Swann (nicknamed Bud)
titled "From my window".
Which airfield could have had such a view?

Which airfield is this?

49Squadron member Ken Read is searching for the name of the rear gunner in his post operational crew photographed below. The image quality is rather poor and unfortunately the face of the unknown gunner is not very clear.
The photograph was taken in 1945 after the cessation of hostilities.

Picture courtesy of Ken Read
George Howland, Ken Read, David Hytch, Geoff Brunton, Tom Scott
"Blondie" Broadbent" and "unknown" rear gunner
   
Anne Fretwell came across this design in one of her father's notebooks. As he was a professional sign writer before the war she wonders if the design ever came to fruition.