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ENGLAND. C.1943-11. THE SCOREBOARD ON "G FOR GEORGE", THE FAMOUS AVRO LANCASTER B1 BOMBER AIRCRAFT (W4783) OF NO. 460 SQUADRON, RAAF, AFTER IT HAD COMPLETED 67 OPERATIONS. THE "SAINT" FIGURES NEXT TO THE BOMBS INDICATE MISSIONS FLOWN BY FLIGHT SERGEANT J.A. SAINT SMITH; THE MEDAL RIBBONS APPEARING AFTER EACH 30TH BOMB IS AN `AWARD' GIVEN TO THE AIRCRAFT BY THE SQUADRON; THE "V FOR VICTORY" SIGNS ON SOME OF THE BOMBS INDICATE MISSIONS FLOWN BY FLYING OFFICER J. HENDERSON; THE PAIR OF CHERRIES INDICATE MISSIONS FLOWN BY PILOT OFFICER "CHERRY" CARTER. NOTE: THE "SAINT FIGURES" NEXT TO THE SECOND AND THIRD BOMBS WERE LATER REMOVED, BECAUSE THESE MISSIONS WERE FLOWN BY FLIGHT SERGEANT A. MCKINNON. (DONOR J. RICHMOND)
407531 Flight Lieutenant Allan Francis McKinnon, DFC, at the controls of G George, Avro Lancaster B1 Bomber (W4783) 460 Squadron RAAF, between 25 February 1944 and 18 March 1944 after flying its 83rd
413528 Warrant Officer (WO) Harold George 'Cherry' Carter, Pilot, at the controls of G George Avro Lancaster B1 Bomber (W4783), No 460 Squadron RAAF at Binbrook Air Station. G George flew a confirmed
FLYING OFFICER J.A. SAINT SMITH, DFC, DCM, OF 460 SQUADRON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE, WHO WAS THE FIRST CAPTAIN OF "G FOR GEORGE", THE FAMOUS AVRO LANCASTER B1 BOMBER AIRCRAFT (W4783) NOW DISPLAYED
BINBROOK, ENGLAND. BETWEEN 1944-02-25 AND 1944-03-18. NO. 460 SQUADRON RAAF AVRO LANCASTER B1 BOMBER AIRCRAFT (W4783) "G FOR GEORGE" AFTER IT HAD COMPLETED 83 MISSIONS. THE AIRCRAFT IS NOW IN THE COLL
FLIGHT SERGEANT HARRY TICKLE OF NO. 460 SQUADRON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE, WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF "G FOR GEORGE", THE FAMOUS AVRO LANCASTER B1 BOMBER AIRCRAFT (W4783). (DONOR J.
Informal group portrait of members of the ground crew of No 460 Squadron standing under the nose of the Lancaster bomber aircraft G for George. Left to right 'Orkney Jock', Flight Mechanic; unknown Fl
