4500 x 3000 px | 38,1 x 25,4 cm | 15 x 10 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
25. April 1945
Ort:
Berchtesgaden, Germany
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This is a black and white version of a depiction of the shooting down in flames of Lancaster LM756, PG-F of No 619 Squadron RAF on 25 April 1945 during a daylight operation against Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat at Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps. It is believed this was the last Lancaster lost to enemy action during the war. The operation involved 359 Lancasters and 16 Mosquitos from RAF Bomber Command's 1, 5 and 8 Groups. LM756 was one of six Lancasters from 619 Squadron, based at RAF Strubby in Lincolnshire, which went in ahead of the main force to disrupt the German radar defences by dropping metal foil 'Window'. They had a clear run at about 22, 000ft over their particular bombing target - the SS barracks - but then were coned in anti-aircraft fire and shot down in flames. Three men bailed out. Four went down with the aicraft: Wilf De Marco (Pilot), Norman Johnston (Navigator), Gordon Walker (Rear Gunner), and Edward Norman (Mid-upper Gunner). My picture was commissioned by British firefighter Kevin Ruane MBE for the Mayor of Adnet in Austria, Bürgermeister Wolfgang Auer, who has raised a memorial to the four crew who died when F for Freddy crashed in flames on the outskirts of his town.
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