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Puny Bird
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Port Hope (near Toronto) On, Canada
Posts: 4,566
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Mom's cousin was a tail gunner MIA over Holland. They found the plane only about 15 years ago. I don't imagine they found bodies, maybe tags, but they confirmed they had found him.
Mom is a British war bride, she came over to Canada in a converted Lancaster bomber. They had to wear oxygen masks over 20K, lost two engines over the Atlantic and landed in Gander in a blizzard.
Avro Lancastrian is what they called the plane from my research, I believe due to time line it was an actual bomber conversion. Only 10 passangers, rough ride, cold, very noisy, mom said "she couldn't hear herself think". She had to pay to come over this way, waiting for the free ship would have been another 9-12 months.
A friend and fellow 914 owner spent many volunteer hours on the Hamilton Lancaster.
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Last edited by Mark Henry; 04-10-2017 at 04:50 PM..
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