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The following information and images were supplied by David Briggs whose Uncle, Les Brown was a 576 Squadron Wireless Operator based at Fiskerton from December 1944 until May 1945. Les, a Yorkshireman from S. Kirkby, began flying as a Flt/Sgt and finished as a Flt/lt. They crewed up on August 6th 1944, began ops on December 29th 1944 flying their last op on 2nd May 1945. Surviving a total of 32 missions, including some of the most important raids undertaken from Fiskerton, 29 were over germany and 3 over Holland. Many thanks to David for giving me the opportunity to place these images on this site. Crew members still alive today are: Les Brown (Wireless Op,) Bill(Pilot,) Earl(Mid-Upper Gunner,) and Ken (Navigator.) CLICK ON IMAGES FOR FULL-SIZE VIEW.
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The Holmes Crew . May 1945. With the struggle finally over, P/O Holmes and crew photographed with lancaster NG273. Y-Yoke. Like the crew, this Lanc also survived and was scrapped off in June 1947. CREW L TO R: Earl Grife RCAF (Mid U/G,),Dave Nimmo RAFVR (Flight Engineer),Ken Scruton RCAF (Navigator),Bill Holmes RCAF (Pilot),Frank Christison RCAF (Bomb Aimer),Woody Parsons RCAF (Rear Gunner),Les Brown RAFVR (Wireless Operator).
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Crew names and nationalities from reverse side of crew photo.
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Flying log, page 1.
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Flying Log page 2.
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Flying Log, page 3.
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Flying Log page 4.
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Flying Log page 5.
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Flying log page 6.
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Ops details. Dates, target, aircraft serial number.
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Bill,(Pilot) and Les(W/O) taken in 2000 at Fiskerton Memorial.
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Recent Image of: Earl, Bill & Ken. (Mid-upper, Pilot & Nav.)
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Chris,(Bomb Aimer) now deceased, taken in 1950 with his Wife.
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Another Lancaster this crew took on ops was ME 801. UL-N2 for Nan. She was a lucky lanc- carrying home her crews a total of 115 times. Click on images for a full-size view.
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Image of Flt.Lt. Brown taken on the day of his commissioning at Scampton in 1945.
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Flt. Lt. Les Brown. This image was taken in 1946 in India shortly after recovering from malaria.
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