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The 49 & 576 Sqns Memorial.


Page Under Construction.

These wonderful sketches entitled: "Lancaster C for Charlie" were supplied by Andrew Macdonald whose Great-Uncle, F/L Charles Dunnet RAFVR was the Pilot.

C for Charlie was ED497, a 49Sqn "A" flight Lancaster based at Fiskerton in 1943. Pilot and crew, Sgt.R.F.Middlebrook; Sgt. R.G. Smith; Sgt. W.A. Dutton; Sgt. M.F. Haley; P/O C.A. Edwards & Sgt. R.M.W. Selby-Lowndes,  were posted to Fiskerton on May 24th 1943 and were lost just three-weeks later when on 17th June 1943 they were shot down by a German night-fighter when returning from Cologne. All the crew were killed.

Andrew has commissioned an artist to capture for all time his Great-Uncle's Lancaster as a tribute to him, his crew and the other 55,000 Bomber Command aircrew who lost their lives during the years 1939 to 1945.

Many thanks to the families of the above crew members for allowing their images to be placed on this page.

 


C for Charlie.

C for Charlie

Flt.Lt. Charles Dunnet.
Age 24, from Leith, Scotland. Pilot.
Sgt. Bill Dutton.
Age 22, from Pleck-Walsall. Bomb Aimer.
Sgt. Bob Smith.
Aged 21, from Dorset. Navigator.
Sgt. Richard Selby-Lowndes.
Aged 20 from Gloucestershire. Rear Gunner.
Pilot Officer Charlie Edwards, Mid-Upper Gunner.

Charlie was the youngest member of the crew at aged 20. This photograph of him and his Wife was taken on their wedding day. Their married life was to be short-lived as he was killed in action just a few weeks later.



The finished painting titled: Lancaster C for Charlie.