166 Squadron
166 Sqn Lancaster III ND956 AS-1

F/S T G Franklin +
Sgt J F Tomney pow

(Flight Engineer)
Sgt B F Bird pow

(Navigator)
Sgt S D Spencer RCAF +
Sgt J Kiltie +
Sgt A A Anderson RCAF +
Sgt J Moffatt +

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE EMAIL: stephen@moffatt800.fslife.co.uk
Op: Duisburg

T/o 2235 Kirmington. Crashed at Goudriaan (Zuid-Holland), 10 km NNW of Gorinchem. Those who lost their lives are buried in Goudriaan General Cemetery.
First Photograph and Second Photograph
Lancaster ; taken from the village of Kirmington on the occasion
of 166 Squadron's annual reunion and the annual fly past.





Third photograph:
Highlights the bomber station pub; the “Marrowbone and Cleaver” known to all bomber crews as 'The Chopper’.
Looking beyond the village of Kirmington stands the church of St. Helen ’s and its guiding landmark for
returning bombers. One such bomber hit the steeple and the latter is still to-day slightly askew.




Fourth photograph:
Graves and commemorative stone, sharing part of the local graveyard in the village of Goudriaan .

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