Personnel Index - Detail
Name
NEAL
First Names
Anthony (Tony)
Rank
F/Sgt
Service
RAF
Service Number
Not known
Crew Position
Air Gunner
Posting In
Served from February 1945 - June 1946
Tony arrived too late to do any ops but his skipper F/O Evans did a "2nd dicky".
Completed several 'Operation Dodge' trips.
Operation Dodge:
This was the means of using a huge fleet of Lancaster Bombers and the attendant aircrews who were now "out of a job" in order to transport soldiers of the 8th Army back home from holding units in Italy - especially those who had been away from home for 4-5 years.
The pick-up points in Italy were Bari on the South east coast towards the bottom of the country and the second one was Pomigliano, near Naples and close to Vesuvius.
"Posted out" 2013.