A Lancaster Gunners Log book

[carper]

Hi guys,

I know that a few of you are interested in WW2 stuff, especially Chopper lol, so I thought i would show you all my Great Grandads log book from when he was a gunner in a Lancaster. Its really interesting stuff. Your notice that on a few occasions he said "Worst raid ever" only to say the same again a few weeks/months later. Theres also a pic of him and his crew. He is on the bottom, second left.

Hope you enjoy
Dan

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Hope the admin dont mind all the pics

Thanks for looking
Dan

[billy fishpond]

nice post mate, thanks for sharing. my great uncle was also lancaster crew, sadly he never made it home

[Indy]

Thanks danny, my unlce was an air gunner in Wellington bombers, he now lives in Australia. I'll send him a link to your thread.

[Steve1080123]

A true treasure in its own right very interesting thanks for posting

[Philthy Phil]

Brilliant thread, thanks for sharing that Danny B-)

My mum was a WAAF base in the secret signals section under Whitehall in WW2. I know she was involved with the comms for the Dambusters raid but not much else

[Chopper]

Danny, this is awesome mate. Thank you so much for sharing

I'm on my iPhone right now, but I'll have a good look when I get to my laptop. I love the comment "turret went for a burton" - that made me laugh out loud! I can only presume that it either jammed, or took some kind of hit! Mid Upper Turret is a scary place to be... especially with those 109's and 190's swooping down on you! It sounds like he had a good sense of humour anyway mate

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Cheers Guys

Yeah i liked that comment too Chopper

[FULLTIMER]

Interesting post, my great uncle Fred Walker was a tail gunner in 10 sqd based up in Melbourne,Yorkshire. I think he started in Wellingtons and ended up in Halifax's unfortunately he was one of the many who never survived, some interesting websites around with plenty of info on bomber command etc

[liamnolan]

You have managed to break the rules re uploading images by about a million times, but I think we can excuse you for this special occasion as it is such a special event. My Dad was in the RAF on Spitfires, I followed him but on Vulcans and when stationed at RAF Waddington we had the last airworthy Lanc "City Of Lincoln"
I notice that the aircrew are all wearing warm weather gear, so probably winter time, but they laid great store in having really good warm clothing as otherwise you would slowly freeze and drift off with hypothermia. That "lost 39" may tragically refer to 39 aircrew that never came back to base.
Aircrews stayed as one until death or injury brought in a replacement and so most crews really bonded well. The Lancs preferred the close support of accompanying fighter aircraft to cover them on the run in and out, whilst the uS bomber fleets preferred the "Box" formation of a concentration of bombers surrounded by escorts.
The life expectancy of gunners was not long as they were always targeted by defending fighters, so I hope your great-great garndad survived the war ok? Liam B-)