1991 reunion in Auckland : attendance 350
Production date
1991
Object detail
Accession number
12-2848
Description
Hand drawn image of Prune next to a Lancaster. Prune has a shocked expression. The body of the plane is covered with the signatures of the attendees of the reunion.
Signature/Marks and Type
Signed by reunion attendees Hand-written
While flying to Berlin Pilot Officer Prune was told by his navigator Flying Officer Fix that the raid was aborted and to fly on a reciprocal heading. Whereupon he merely rotated the verge ring of the compass through 180 degrees and continued to fly straight ahead. Hand-written
23.3.9. With acknowledgments to Bryan Young and Lee Emm
D W Hodgson Hand-written
While flying to Berlin Pilot Officer Prune was told by his navigator Flying Officer Fix that the raid was aborted and to fly on a reciprocal heading. Whereupon he merely rotated the verge ring of the compass through 180 degrees and continued to fly straight ahead. Hand-written
23.3.9. With acknowledgments to Bryan Young and Lee Emm
D W Hodgson Hand-written
Media/Materials
Physical description
1 poster : illustrations ; 99 x 77 cm.
Other title
While flying to Berlin Pilot Officer Prune was told by his navigator Flying Officer Fix that the raid was aborted and to fly on a reciprocal heading. Whereupon he merely rotated the verge ring of the compass through 180 degrees and continued to fly straight ahead.
Bomber Command reunion in Auckland, 1991
Bomber Command reunion in Auckland, 1991
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Credit line
1991. 1991 reunion in Auckland : attendance 350, 12-2848. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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