[Larry Hickey]

Hello,

For the EoE Project, our research team is trying to locate photos which must exist of the following two 12 SQ Fairey Battle losses during the famous attack on the Veldwezelt bridge over the Albert Canal on May 12, 1940. One involves the award of the Victoria Cross to two members of the crew.

1) "12 May 1940: Battle P2204. Shot down by flak during low-level attack on the Veldwezelt bridge over the Albert Canal 9.15 a.m. Crashed and burned out near Lanaken. Flying Officer Donald Edward Garland, Sergeant Thomas Gray, and LAC Lawrence Royston Reynolds all killed. Aircraft PH*K a write-off.
The badly burnt remains of this crew was buried in two coffins in Lanaken Communal Cemetery, but later reinterred in Heverlee War Cemetery, Leuven. Donald Garland and his observer, Tom Gray, were both subsequently awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry. Their gunner, Lawrence Reynolds, received no award of any kind."

2) "12 May 1940: Battle L5439. Set alight by groundfire during low-level attack on the Veldwezelt bridge over the Albert Canal, jettisonned bombs and crash-landed at Neerharen 9.20 a.m. Pilot Officer I. A. McIntosh, Sergeant N. T. W. Harder, and LAC R. P. MacNaughton all captured unhurt. Aircraft PH*N a write-off."

Can anyone help?

Regards,