20th June 2007, 22:35
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Re: July 4, 1942 First US Raid.
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Originally Posted by Steve49
Herb,
On this occasion the two lost AAC manned Boston's each had a pilot, navigator and two gunners. The normal compliment was three (ie pilot, navigator and WO/Gunner), but this was not a fixed total. in August during the Dieppe raid a number of Boston's were lost, one of which had four crew.
Regards,
Steve
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Hi, thank you. The references I have simply refer to the Boston as a 'three-seat bomber.' |