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This year is the 80th anniversary of these events from 1944 so I will add updates to NEWS through the year. Press NEWS for details.

I have bought a copy of the book ‘Avro Lancaster – The Defintive Record’ (first edition) written by Harry Holmes and first published in 1997. Press NEWS for details.

I found some interesting information about navigator Sgt. Maurice Garlick of 12 Squadron who was shot down on 3 May 1944 on our crews first operation. Press NEWS for details.

I had another look at Avro Lancaster Mk. VII NX665 at the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) in Auckland, New Zealand. Press NEWS for details.

I had an unexpected encounter with the worlds only flying Avro Anson Mk.1 in New Zealand. Press NEWS for details.

I have found Navigation Charts and Logs for 9 operations flown by our crew at the IBCC Digital Archive. They were donated by F/O A. R. ‘Ronald’ Witty who was the navigator in the crew of pilot F/S G. F. ‘Fred’ Holbrook DFC of 12 Squadron.. Press NEWS for details.

It is 79 years since the final operation of Avro Lancaster ND424 PH-G of 12 Squadron, Bomber Command. Press NEWS for details.

A new volume of the Luftwaffe Nachtjagd Combat Archive for the Eastern Front and Mediterranean now out. Press NEWS for details.

On the Imperial War Museum (IWM) archive I found Luftwaffe records about ‘Wickenby Flugplatz’ (Wickenby Airfield). Press NEWS for details.

New information has been received about Leslie’s flight in a Dakota from Gibraltar to Whitchurch near Bristol. Press NEWS for details.