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W/O. Raymond Michael McDermott
Royal Australian Air Force 100 Squadron
from:Newcastle, Australia
My grandfather, Mick McDermott, served as a wireless operator air gunner in a Lancaster crew. The other members of the crew included:
Gordon Kerr: Bomb Aimer
"Butch" Craven: Tail Gunner
Peter Wyga: Pilot
Ralph Robertson: Navigator
"Ni**er" Crane: Mid Upper Gunner
He arrived in the UK from Sydney in January 1944 and went initially to RAF Station Whitley Bay, then Padgate and Hoylake. Between July 1944 and March 1945 he was in 8 AFU, 29 OTU and 26 OTU. On 9 March 1945 he was at 71 Base, on 16th March 72 Base, 31 March RAF Bottesford and 11th May (ie after VE Day) 100 Squadron. On 26 June 1945 he went to 9 ACHU, then 11 PDRC and home to Australia in Nov 1945.