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Old 8th November 2018, 10:02
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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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