I would like to contact any members of Crew 49, or their families. Arch. Gardner Pilot. My dad was William F. Costello, Navagator. Other members: R.R. Lunn; B.A. Stevens; R.F.Sculthorpe; E.G. Boyd; and S. Smith.

Hello Michael.
My father in law was Stanley Smith who was with crew 49 at croft.
Would love to discover more

Hi Suzzanne

I have crew pictures of Stan Smith and I believe he was at my Dad's wedding. Pls. Contact me via e-mail.

Thanks Mike Costello

Hi Michael
My sister came across this site recently and although it has been a long time since you made your initial enquiry I thought that you may be interested in news of my father.Ron Sculthorpe who was the Wireless Operator with your fathers crew.
After completing his tour of operations he spent the rest of the war trainig new recruits.
He married my mother in January1945 and left the airforce at the end of the war.
Both him and my mother are still alive and in excellent health and dad still fondly recalls his times with the crew.
I hope that this information is of help and should you require any more information I would be happy to give it to you
Best wishes

Hi,
My husband's uncle was Ross Raymond Lunn. He was a gunner with crew 49. I have recently sent Alan (operator of this site) a picture of Ross. Unfortunately, Ross passed away in 2010, after serving with the military his entire life. He continued on with the military after WW2 furthering his education, then started to work with NATO in the late 60's, rising in the ranks to the very top. He had a very decorated life, and his family is very proud of him. He received a full military funeral and is buried in Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa, Canada's National Military Cemetery. I would love to hear from anyone else who has relatives in this crew. If anyone has pictures they would be willing to share, I would also appreciate it. We are trying to compile a shadowbox tribute to Ross, and pictures would be a very welcome addition. Thanks so much for everyone for posting here. This is a fantastic site!
Louise

Hi Louise
My father served with your uncle in AB Gardners crew.I have a picture of the crew and will
speak to dad when I next visit in two weeks time and get the names of all of the crew members in the photograph.(I am certain that your uncle is on the photograph).
Hope that this may be of interest to you.
Kind regards
David Sculthorpe