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Re: most Lancaster missions
Good morning Gentlemen,
this is my updated list of aircraft types that won VC's. Enjoy! Michael 9 VC's • Avro Lancaster: Ian Bazalgette, Guy Gibson, Norman Jackson (flight engineer), Andrew Mynarski (gunner), John Nettleton, Robert Palmer, William Reid, Edwin Essery Swales, George Thompson (wireless operator) 3 VC's • Bristol Blenheim: Hughie Edwards, Hugh Malcolm, Arthur Scarf • R.A.F. S.E.5a: Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, Edward Mannock, James McCudden 2 VC's • Armstrong Whitworth FK 8: Alan McLeod, Ferdinand West • Consolidated Catalina: John Cruickshank, David Ernest Hornell • Fairey Battle: Donald Garland, Thomas Gray (navigator) • Handley Page Hampden: John Hannah (wireless operator/gunner), Roderick Learoyd • R.A.F. B.E.2c: William Leefe Robinson, Frank McNamara (also flew a Martinsyde G.100) • Short Stirling: Arthur Aaron, Rawdon Hume Middleton 1 VC • Airco D.H.2: Lionel Rees • Avro Manchester: Leslie Manser • Bristol Beaufort: Kenneth Campbell • Bristol Scout: Lanoe Hawker • Consolidated Liberator: Lloyd Trigg • Douglas Boston: William Ellis Newton • Douglas Dakota: David Lord • Fairey Swordfish: Eugene Esmonde • Handley Page Halifax: Cyril Barton • Hawker Hurricane: James Nicolson • Lockheed Ventura: Leonard Henry Trent • Morane-Saulnier Type L: Reginald Warneford • Nieuport 10: Richard Bell Davies • Nieuport 23: William Bishop • North American Mustang: Leonard Cheshire (also flew Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, Handley Page Halifax, Avro Lancaster, & de Havilland Mosquito) • R.A.F. B.E.2b: William Rhodes-Moorhouse • R.A.F. F.E.2d: Thomas Mottershead • R.A.F. R.E.5: John Liddell • R.A.F. S.E.5: Albert Ball (also flew Nieuport 23) • Sopwith Camel: Alan Jerrard • Sopwith Snipe: William Barker • Vickers F.B.5: Gilbert Insall • Vickers Wellington: James Allen Ward • Vought Corsair: Robert Gray |
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