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Clipped Signature - Robert Ferguson. - Cranston Military Prints

Clipped Signature - Robert Ferguson.


Clipped Signature - Robert Ferguson.

Joined the Royal Air Force in 1942 and after training was assigned to No.90 Sqn as a Lancaster pilot in 1943 where he completed 30 missions. Post-war he worked for English Racing Automobiles, General Motors and United Airlines, retiring in 1989.

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Item Code : CLP1036Clipped Signature - Robert Ferguson. - Editions Available
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Ferguston, Robert
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Flt Lt Robert Ferguson
Robert Ferguson was born in Ayr, Scotland in 1924. His father was an engineer with British Rail and drove the famous Royal Scot locomotive. Much of his father's mechanical aptitude and interest was passed on to Bob. As a youngster he was interested in all things mechanical, and this obviously made him inquisitive of aircraft and flying. Later he would attend the Technical College of Scotland, and much of what he learned there was of great help after he enlisted in the RAF in February on
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The night of the 16th May 1943 saw 19 modified Lancasters of the specially formed 617 squadron set out to breach the Ennepe, Eder, Mohne and Sorpe dams in Westphalia, Germany. The mission was led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson DSO, DFC. Gibsons Lancaster can be seen in the foreground with lights full on to draw enemy fire, as is Mick Martins Lancaster on the far side protecting Dinghy Young, who has dropped his bouncing bomb and is flying through a hail of defensive gunfire. He scored a direct hit, and his was the decisive bomb that breached the Mohne Dam. Of the 19 Lancasters who set out, 5 received damage from enemy defences, 6 returned unscathed and 8 failed to return. Operation Chastise was a huge success especially for the countries morale. 58 decorations were awarded for the raid including a Victoria Cross for Gibson. The squadron were known thereafter as the Dambusters.

Gibson VC by Graeme Lothian 		The Dams raids on the night of 16/17 May 1943 were notable not least for the incredible ingenuity shown by the Lancaster crews in their efforts to avoid detection by the enemy en route to their targets. P/O W C Townsend elected to fly his aircraft, ED886(G) O for Orange below tree-top height through a forest firetrap on his way to the Ennepe Dam, a feat carried out by moonlight alone. AJ-O made it successfully to its target where the Upkeep bomb was observed to hit the dam, but with no effect. Townsend returned to base at this perilous altitude, the crew observing that flak shells were bouncing off the sea in the German gunners' efforts to prevent the Lancaster's escape across the North Sea. AJ-O was one of eleven aircraft to return safely out of a total of nineteen that took part in the heroic raids under the codename Operation Chastise.

A Wing and a Prayer by Ivan Berryman.		The nose and tail gunners of Ken Brown's Lancaster ED918(G) F for Freddie pour fire into a train as they pass overhead en route to the Sorpe Dam during the Dambusters raid.

Unmissable Chance by Ivan Berryman.		Walter Briegleb is shown in his Ju88 G.7 4R+BR as he stalks his prey - on this occasion a Lancaster. Flying below their target, his crew would aim upward firing cannon at the inner wing of the bomber, igniting the fuel tanks. For the bomber crews, they were very much defenceless against this type of attack, and often had no idea of the presence of an enemy aircraft in the dark.

Tribute to Walter Briegleb by Ivan Berryman.
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Flt Lt Robert Ferguson
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Ferguston, Robert
(Flt Lt Robert Ferguson)

Robert Ferguson was born in Ayr, Scotland in 1924. His father was an engineer with British Rail and drove the famous Royal Scot locomotive. Much of his father's mechanical aptitude and interest was passed on to Bob. As a youngster he was interested in all things mechanical, and this obviously made him inquisitive of aircraft and flying. Later he would attend the Technical College of Scotland, and much of what he learned there was of great help after he enlisted in the RAF in February on 1942. After reporting to the Aircrew Reception Centre in London, the young Scot was then assigned to No.3 Squadron A Flight ITW (an initial training wing) in Aberystwyth, Wales. After completion of this first six weeks training, Ferguson was sent to North Coventry for Elementary Flght Training School. It is in Coventry where he experienced flight for the first time. Battle School training followed, as did a trip to Canada on the Queen Elizabeth. In Alberta, Ferguson completed both elementary and advanced flying courses. He was then transferred to Moncton, New Brunswick to await his return to Great Britain and the real thing. Initially stationed at Harrigate, he was soon reassigned to Wigtown, Scotland. While with No.26 Operational Training Wing he crash landed a Wellington bomber flying on a single engine during a night flight. Sustaining a head injury in the crash, he was judged fit to continue flying. Shortly thereafter he was assigned to No.90 Squadron, a unit flying the Lancaster heavy bomber. Ferguson completed thirty bombing missions as a Lancaster pilot. His recollection after fifty years is, 'that it was bloody dark, bloody cold and bloody dangerous.' Ferguson saw many of his fellow flyers injured, killed and captured during these night bombing missions. The RAF was basically given the assignment for these night missions, while American bombers flew the daytime missions. In early 1946 Ferguson suffered a black-out, which was traced back to his early head injury during the crash landing of the Wellington. This resulted in a medical discharge from the RAF. Following the war Bob worked as an engineer for English Racing Automobiles, an organisation which was well known because of the great record of its driver, the legendary Stirling Moss. Later Bob was reassigned to work on experimental prototype aircraft, and in 1957 he joined the UK operation of General Motors. In 1967 Bob joined United Airlines and had the opportunity to work in the United States. He retired from UAL ion 1989, and resides in California at the time of writing.
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