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Edward McCrae Bomber Command WW2

Rowland Brothers Neil Athron
08/11/2021

Flt Sgt Edward McRae aged 93 a veteran of 50 Squadron RAF Bomber Command he volunteered in 1944 he was the mid upper gunner in a Lancaster he completed 19 missions over Europe. Crash report from the War Office 1945: BOMBER COMMAND Ferry flight in connection with Operation EXODUS 50 Squadron, RAF (Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire – 5 Group) Lancaster I PD339/J – took off (from Wing, Buckinghamshire?) at about 1640 and 15 minutes later south of Northampton hit a tree while turning steeply to avoid

Edward McCrae Bomber Command WW2
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