Parrott Crew 140 (5 missions; Nov Dec 1944)
The crew poses in in front of "Pubwash" at a heavy conversion unit.
L to R
F/Lt J. Parrott, (Pilot); F/O H. Pearce, (Nav.); P/O A. Kurtzhals (BA), P/O H. Brown (W-Op); P/O L. Janzen (F/E); W/O2 G. Olafsen (R-AG); W/O2 A. Divitcoff, (MU-AG).
This crew "FTR" enroute to Duisberg and crashed on the 17/18 December 1944, P/O H. Brown was the only survivor.
Read "PER ARDUA AD ASTRA" crew 140 a non-fiction account of F/Lt. Parrot and crew in "Newspaper Archives" (Pdf. download)
Courtesy Brian Hart whose wife is a niece of F/Lt Parrott via R.K.