205949 Alfred Joseph William "Micky" Pate Royal Air Force 50 Squadron from:Exeter, Devon My Father served with 50 Squadron somewhere between 1940 and 1945. I remember when I was young he used to tell me about the crew of his Lancaster (Q Queenie), which was piloted by an officer from Canada or New Zealand, going out to the aircraft for missions piled on a convertible sports car, which had so many crew on it that whoever was seated on the front would shout directions and use their arms to direct the driver to the aircraft. I would love to hear from anyone who can tell me more about my father's time on the Lancasters as he died very suddenly at age 59 (in 1980). His birthday was 26th October 1941 and I am not sure if he had his nickname in the RAF or after it. He was a very good footballer and cricketer and I believe he played for the RAF or station team in football, which he carried on playing after his RAF discharge. Unfortunately none of his information from his RAF days has survived him. I have recorded his rank above as A/E as I remeber seeing this on a book of some description he had from his RAF days when I was very young, and the job Aeronautical Engineer is also very familiar to me. (I followed my father's footsteps into the RAF, serving from 1970 - 1974 as an Assistant Air Traffic Controller at Northolt and Bruggen. They proved to be 4 of the happiest years of my life.)
I have a photo which I will scan and forward later, of my father in uniform. Head and shoulders only. Many thanks
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