Brig "Mad" Mike Calvert (left) gives orders to Lt Col Shaw, while Maj James Lumley stands with M1 carbine under his arm, after the capture of Mogaung in Burma during the second Chindit expedition, June 1944. (IWM)

 Note: Maj James Rutherford Lumley, 3rd Bn, 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles, is/was the father of British actress Joanna Lumley, who also campaigns for Gurkha rights in Britain.

 by WWII British Empire & Commonwealth Forces in the Far East-SE Asia 1940-1946
(taken from fb/Allan Holderness)

Chindit

Blenheim from No 211 Sqn in Paramythia, Greece, 1941

(fb/Saro Finocchiaro)

Blenheim,Greece


Wellington Mark X HE239 of No.428 Sqn. RCAF, after its rear turret was blasted off by German flak, April, 1943

Damage to Vickers Wellington Mark X, HE239 'NA-Y', of No. 428 Squadron RCAF based at Dalton, Yorkshire, resulting from a direct hit from anti-aircraft gun fire while approaching to bomb Duisburg, Germany on the night of 8/9 April 1943. 
 Despite the loss of the rear turret and its gunner, Sgt. Lorenzo Bertrand (RAF 1050195) as well as other extensive damage, the pilot, Sergeant L F Williamson, continued to bomb the target, following which it was found that the bomb doors could not be closed because of a complete loss of hydraulic power. Williamson nevertheless brought HE239 and the remainder of his crew back for a safe landing at West Malling, Kent, where this photograph was taken.


Pilot: Sgt L.F. Williamson R-107665
 Navigator: F/Sgt W. Watkins R-92787
 Bomb Aimer: F/Sgt H. Parker R-100022
 Wireless Operator: Sgt J. Powley 1203562
 Rear gunner: Sgt L. Bertrand 1050195

Sgt. Bertrand's body was found near Holtwick/Haltern am See (Germany) and he was buried at a cemetery near Sythen (Ehrenfriedhof) on 9 April 1943 and later exhumed to Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.

(Colourised by Mark at Canadian Colour)
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