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208210 George Fenwick Findley Royal Australian Air Force 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron. from:Glenorie, NSW. My uncle George Fenwick Findley was the last of his crew members of 218 Gold Coast Squadron. They were: Bill Streeter RAF Tom Mankelow RAF Robert Daniel Stirling DFC, pilot RAAF Paul Chase Miller RAAF Lancelot Keith Gregory RAAF George Seymour RNZAF Uncle George was an air gunner. He enlisted at No2 ITS Bradfield park and trained at No2 WAGS parkes, Port Pirie, Bradfield Park, Melbourne. He travelled to England and continued his training at 11OTU, 1657CU RAF Stradishall, 1483 RAF Newmarket and joined 218 Squadron. He flew from Downham Market, Tempsford, Woolfox Lodge, and Methwold. Operations he flew were: 3/10/1943 ops mining 24/10/1943 ops mining Frisian islands 7/11/1943 ops mining Bordeaux 18/11/1943 ops Mannheim 19/11/1943 ops Leverkusen 22/11/1943 ops Berlin 1/12/1943 Skaggerack 28/1/1944 ops mining Denmark 4/3/1944 special target 7/3/1944 special target 18/4/1944 ops mining Keil Bay 20/4/1944 ops bombing Chambley 22/4/1944 bombing Laon 23/4/1944 ops bombing Brussels 25/4/1944 ops bombing Chambley 1/5/1944 ops bombing Chambley 7/5/1944 ops mining La Rochelle 13/5/1944 ops mining Cherbourg 5/6/1944 ops special duties for D-Day 17/6/1944 ops bombing Montider 21/6/1944 ops mining Guernsey 24/6/1944 ops bombing Rimeux 23/7/1944 ops mining Brest 25/8/1944 ops bombing Russelsheim 29/8/1944 ops bombing Stettin 31/8/1944 ops bombing 10/9/1944 ops bombing le Harve 14/10/1944 ops bombing Duisburg 14/10/1944 ops Duisburg 18/10/1944 ops bombing Bonn 22/10/1944 ops bombing Neuss 23/10/1944 ops bombing Essen 26/10/1944 ops Leverkusen 30/10/1944 ops bombing Wesseling 31/10/1944 ops bombing Bottrop The aircraft he flew in are: Wackett, Fairy Battle, Wellington, Stirling 111, Lancaster 1. He was a member of 218 squadron from 29/9/1943 to 21/10/1944 in the crew of Lancaster HA-E. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.