AWM caption : TIREE, SCOTLAND, 1945-01. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT BILL BROCKET AND HIS CREW BESIDE <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Halifax" class="extiw" title="en:Handley Page Halifax">HALIFAX</a> "M" OF <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._518_Squadron_RAF" class="extiw" title="en:No. 518 Squadron RAF">NO. 518 METEOROLOGICAL SQUADRON ROYAL AIR FORCE</a> (RAF).<br><p>LEFT TO RIGHT:
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<ul><li>FLIGHT SERGEANT GREEN (WIRELESS OPERATOR/AIR)</li>
<li>WARRANT OFFICER SUMMERS (WIRELESS OPERATOR/AIR)</li>
<li>WARRANT OFFICER EASTWOOD (WIRELESS OPERATOR)</li>
<li>FLIGHT SERGEANT WILLIAMS (AN AUSTRALIAN, METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVER)</li>
<li>FLIGHT LIEUTENANT BILL BROCKET (SKIPPER)</li>
<li>FLIGHT OFFICER CANDY (NAVIGATOR)</li>
<li>FLIGHT OFFICER BONAS (AUSTRALIAN, NOT A MEMBER OF THIS CREW)</li>
<li>FLIGHT SERGEANT WESTCOTT (2ND PILOT)</li>
<li>FLIGHT SERGEANT MOORE (FLIGHT ENGINEER)</li></ul>
A METEOROLOGICAL CREW NUMBERED EIGHT, WITH NO AIR GUNNERS, AS ARMAMENTS TOOK SECOND PLACE TO FUEL ON VERY LONG RANGE FLIGHTS. THE ONLY ARMAMENTS CARRIED WERE A BOULTON AND PAUL 4 GUN REAR TURRET WITH ABOUT 300 ROUNDS PER GUN AND IN THE NOSE A VICKERS GAS OPERATED GUN.
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1945-01
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