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supplier accountmediadrumworld

file nameMDRUM_Ill_Fated_Stirling_Bomber-9.jpg

titleIll-fated Stirling Bomber

subject date02-06-2013

place

creditRoger Leivers / mediadrumworld.c

captionDrummond's grave in a Commonwealth War Graves cemetry close to St Margaret and All Saints Church, Wyton. THE FATEFUL story detailing the close friendships of the brave men from one RAF bomber command squadron who raided the deadly skies of Nazi Germany during WW2 have been revealed in a new book. Incredible black and white images show the members of the XV squadron which was lead by Squadron Leader Drummond Wilson taken in November 1941, five months before one of their Stirling bombers was badly damaged by anti-aircraft fire in raids over Essen, Germany. Other stunning pictures show Drummond at the controls of an Avro Anson and receiving his wings at RAF Uxbridge in 1939. After being hit in Essen on the night of April 10, to April 11, 1942, Drummond and his co-pilot Sgt David Southey managed to navigate their damaged bomber back to RAF Alconbury, but were told to go around due to an aircraft on the runway. Over the Cambridgeshire town of Godmanchester, the machine's oil pipe broke causing the engines to cut out and the aircraft to crash, breaking up on landing. Drummond and the Mid Upper Gunner, Sgt Edgar Gould, were killed, six men survived. The real-life story has been unveiled in the book, Stirling to Essen: The Godmanchester Stirling: A Bomber Command Story of Courage and Tragedy by Roger Leivers. It is published by Fighting High Publishing.