Crew of Avro Lancaster ED886 O for Orange (617 Squadron)


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Reference WMO/290960

Address:

St John the Baptist Church

Main Road

Bamford

S33 0AY

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Other
Materials:
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Lettering: Other
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A plastic kit model of an Avro Lancaster bomber painted in the markings of AJ-O for Orange, ED886, and adapted for 617 Squadron by having a bouncing bomb mounted in the modified bomb bay. The model was originally accompanied by two dedicatory captions, missing in April 2014.
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Caption 1: Scale model of Lancaster Bomber AJ-O of 617 Sqdn, Scampton, Lincolnshire, serial no. ED886/G, piloted by Flight Sergeant W. C. Townsend, bomb doors modified to accept dambuster bomb which had to spin at 500 r.p.m. before dropping. When dropped, the bomb travelled through the water, hit the dam, rolled down to the base of the dam before exploding. This plane dropped its bomb on the Emmepe Dam at 3.37a.m. on 17th May 1943. AJ-O was supplied to 617 Sqdn on 23rd April 1943, eventually went missing, believed shot down over France on 10th December 1943 with a total of 139 flying hours. Caption 2: This model of Lancaster O for Orange stands in the church over which she flew as a reminder of the terrible things men are forced to do in war. Please pray for the souls of the men who flew and died in her, the men who shot them down and those killed by her bombs. Pray also for the three million Jews who were murdered by the Nazi government and for all poor sinners. "Who are you to pass judgement on another's servant? Whether he stands or falls is his master's business" Romans XIV 4

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