Anniversary 4 March 2025

Each anniversary comes around quicker than the last, it feels. Another year passes, but we continue to remember the crew who made the ultimate sacrifice.

​In remembrance of the seven-man crew of Lancaster ED559.

F/Lt Richard A. Curle (Pilot)  —  RAF 121280 (Age 28)                               
Sgt David A. Hart (Flight Engineer)  — RAF 567377 (Age 24)
F/O Harry Riding  (Wireless Operator)  — RAAF 403699 (Age 25)
F/O Errol C. Crapp  (Navigator)  —  RAAF 411113 (Age 24)
P/O Charles S. Challoner  (Bomb Aimer)  —  RAF 131995 (Age 37)
Sgt  Daniel L. Gooch  (Mid-Upper Gunner)  —  RAF 1336491 (Age 19)
Sgt  Garnet W. Durdin  (Rear Gunner)  —  RAAF 416149 (Age 25)