Heavenly Body II Crew
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Heavenly Body II Crew
Image: © Glyn Baker Taken: 9 Oct 2016
This is a close up of the crew portrait shown in the Image The airman third from right back row is not named as he didn't fly on the final mission. I wonder if this was luck or if the USAAF crews had the same superstition as in many RAF Squadrons, it was considered unlucky for a whole crew to be photographed together. A substitute flyer would be drafted in from another crew to make up the numbers. See the photograph on which the mural is based at http://www.canveyisland.org/page/heavenly_body_ii?path=0p2p288p26p186p
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Image Location
Latitude
51.516359
Longitude
0.624411