Keith was a tailgunner on a Lancaster Bomber towards the end of World War Two. He went to England in April 1944, and for a year he smoked a lot, got in some fights, met some interesting men and women, and waited. This blog is based on the letters he wrote to his mother in 1944-45.
Thursday, 29 November 2012
The Magnificent Seven ( 1 man and 6 kids)
A Lancaster Bomber required a 7 man crew. Keith was one of the 7 crew who all died when the Lane End Lancaster crashed on April 5, 1945.
The average age of the 7 crew on board the Lane End Lancaster was 22 years.
Joe Watson, the pilot, was the oldest member of the crew. He was 33 when the plane crashed.
If you exclude the pilot, the average age of the other 6 crew was 20.
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