Gallery 7

This page has photographs of various crashes and mishaps involving 97 Squadron aircraft. There are also some pictures taken at various RAF stations where the Squadron was based.

(Below) Flight Sergeant Hartley's wrecked Manchester following a mishap during take off at Coningsby in 1942.

(Below) The sad demise of Q-Queenie, destroyed at Woodhall Spa on 28th December 1942 when a photoflash exploded inside the aircraft, killing the armourer, AC2 Aubrey Taylor.

(Above) Part of the wreckage of Lancaster JA958 OF - K which crashed near Erlangen in the Netherlands during the night of 27th/28th August 1943. Five members of the crew were killed, including the Canadian pilot, Flight Lieutenant Oliver Robertson DFC.

(Above) A photograph of the Briefing Room at Coningsby taken in 1945.

(Below) Part of the wreckage of another 97 Squadron aircraft that failed to return from an operation. This is a section of the fuselage of Lancaster PB461 OF-M which crashed in the vicinity of Eiken in Norway on the night of 21st/22nd December 1944. Australian Flying Officer Sinclair and his crew were taking part in an attack on a synthetic oil plant at Politz, near Stettin. All of the crew were killed.

Presentation of the Squadron Standard, September 1966

Here is the 97 (Straits Settlements) Squadron standard being presented to Sqn Ldr Carroll (right) during a ceremony at RAF Watton in September 1966. In the background you can see one of the Squadron's Varsity aircraft.