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Clipped Signature - Kenneth Lucas. - Cranston Military Prints

Clipped Signature - Kenneth Lucas.


Clipped Signature - Kenneth Lucas.

Bomber Command ground crew who served with No.49 Sqn before moving to No.617 Squadron. As ground crew, he played a crucial role in preparing the Lancaster bombers for the Dambusters Raid. He died in 2011.
Item Code : CLP0454Clipped Signature - Kenneth Lucas. - Editions Available
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Clipped Signature.
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Lucas, Kenneth
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Corporal Kenneth Lucas (deceased)
Ken Lucas joined the RAF in June 1940, and trained as ground crew for bomber Command. He was sent first to 49 Squadron at RAF Scampton, before transferring to 617 Squadron upon its formation, Involved in all the major servicing of the aircraft before the raid including fitting the motors that drove the belt that spun the bomb, and attaching the critical lamps to the underside of the aircraft. Sadly, Ken Lucas passed away in January 2011.
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Another sortie completed, the crew of a Lancaster head for a well-earned cup of tea after a night raid over Germany in 1944.

Lucky Seven by Ivan Berryman. 		Australian David Shannon joined the Royal Australian Air Force as a pilot in 1941 and had flown a tour with No.106 Sqn before joining No.617 Sqn for the Dambusters Raid. Flying Lancaster AJ-L he was the first to attempt the difficult attack on the Eder dam, eventually getting his bomb away after several attempts. It struck the dam but failed to cause a breach, although the dam would be destroyed by the following Lancasters. He flew in the Mosquito for a third tour and worked in the oil industry post war. He died in 1993. <br><br><b>Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.</b><br>

Clipped Signature - David Shannon. 		Flying low across the North Sea en route to the Sorpe Dam on the night of 16th/17th May 1943 as part of Operation Chastise, Flying Officer Geoff Rice's Lancaster ED936(G) clipped a large wave, ripping the Upkeep bomb from its mountings and pitching the aircraft into the sea. Somehow, in just a split second, Rice managed to haul AJ-H back into the air, but the aircraft had ingested a huge amount of water and, as Rice put his Lancaster into a climb to head back to Scampton, rear gunner Sgt S Burns and his turret were almost swept away as the water rushed to the back of the aircraft. AJ-H returned to Scampton otherwise unscathed and took no further part in the Dams Raids.

A Lucky Escape by Ivan Berryman. 		The afternoon of 3rd August 1944 saw Lancasters of 15 Sqn assigned to an attack on German V-1 Rocket stores at Bois de Cassan. While over the target the squadron encountered heavy flak. During the return journey, Lancaster LS-P fell behind the rest of the squadron but luckily for the crew, two P-38 Lightnings who had been involved in fighter sweeps, spotted the straggling Lancaster and escorted it back to base at Mildenhall.

Teamwork by Ivan Berryman.
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Corporal Kenneth Lucas (deceased)
Died : 2011
*Signature Value : £30

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Clipped Signature.


Lucas, Kenneth
(Corporal Kenneth Lucas (deceased))

Ken Lucas joined the RAF in June 1940, and trained as ground crew for bomber Command. He was sent first to 49 Squadron at RAF Scampton, before transferring to 617 Squadron upon its formation, Involved in all the major servicing of the aircraft before the raid including fitting the motors that drove the belt that spun the bomb, and attaching the critical lamps to the underside of the aircraft. Sadly, Ken Lucas passed away in January 2011.
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