"G" for George - a bit of the family history.

My father's brother, was part of a crew that did a tour in this Lancaster bomber during WWII. My uncle died in Belgium in another Lancaster after being transferred to another squadron which crashed at Eggewaartskappelle, Belgium on 28 May, 1944. G for George now displays at the Canberra War Memorial in Australia.

"G" for George

The commemorative plaque, here, was sent by my uncle to my grandmother, where it was placed in a case and sat above her fire for as long as I can remember. When she died, it then passed to my father, who, like his mother, placed it above the fireplace. My father loaned the plaque to Mr Wim Govaerts,of the Belgian Aviation History Association who was doing research on British bombers which had crashed in Belgium and had placed an ad in the local newspaper to get more information about my uncle. It wasn't until this web page appeared on the internet that I discovered my uncle had written down the three operations he flew in the aircraft as a little note to his mother.

Sadly my father never managed to visit his brother's grave in Eggewaartskapelle.