CAPTAIN: PELLETIER
LANCASTER on BLACK THURSDAY: E-EASY - JA960
CREW on BLACK THURSDAY
Pilot: F/L JW Pelletier
2nd Pilot: FO L Henson
Flight Engineer: F/S GE Dunning
Navigator: F/O RJ Conley
Bomb Aimer: F/L PM Lowick
W/Op: F/S AWA Burnell
Mid-Upper Gunner: F/S FR Watson
Rear Gunner: F/O G Polson
LANCASTER on BLACK THURSDAY: E-EASY - JA960
CREW on BLACK THURSDAY
Pilot: F/L JW Pelletier
2nd Pilot: FO L Henson
Flight Engineer: F/S GE Dunning
Navigator: F/O RJ Conley
Bomb Aimer: F/L PM Lowick
W/Op: F/S AWA Burnell
Mid-Upper Gunner: F/S FR Watson
Rear Gunner: F/O G Polson
CREW: JW Pelletier, L Henson, GE Dunning, RJ Conley, PM Lowick, AWA Burnell, FR Watson, G Polson
No photos as yet of the rest of the crew, but the second pilot Leslie Henson is shown, left.
Henson was the only one of the four second pilots flying on Black Thursday to survive the war, the others were all killed either that night or very shortly afterwards.
He had a very distinguished wartime career. Please see Leslie Henson crew page for further details.
Henson was the only one of the four second pilots flying on Black Thursday to survive the war, the others were all killed either that night or very shortly afterwards.
He had a very distinguished wartime career. Please see Leslie Henson crew page for further details.
The Pathfinder Year - 97 Squadron at Bourn
Below: logbook entry for December 1943, showing Pelletier as first pilot on 16/17th December, and then entries of Henson with his own crew (the logbook is water-damaged)