Fragment of Aircraft

Item

Title

Fragment of Aircraft

Description

metal/aluminum fragment of the skin of Avro Lancaster bomber PB402 which was lost on a raid over Germany on 16 January, 1945. The crew consisted of 7 Canadians and 1 Briton and include as follows:

Identifier

006.077.006

Provenance

crew included: F/S Benjamin "Ben" Cunliffe, Fort Erie, Ontario ; Air Gunner. F/S Norman Smith, Toronto, Ontario; Air Gunner. F/O Donald Gordon McKay, Portage La Prairie Manitoba; Bomb Aimer. P/O Henry Hank Novak, Hamilton, Ontario. F/L Pilot Harold, Les Payne Watts, Alberta. F/S Joseph Bruggeman, Stratford, Ontario; Wireless Operator. Sgt. Harry Alfred Marshall, RAF Flight Engineer.

Abstract

Good