CAPTAIN: MUNRO

LANCASTER J-Johnny - JB227
22/23 November 1943, lost without trace, crew commemorated on Runnymede Memorial

CREW
Pilot: F/L James Francis., known as Jimmy, Munro, RCAF, J/17499
Flight Engineer: F/Sgt William George Waller, 1434167
Navigator: F/L Arthur James Wyndham, known as Jimmie, Silk, 145423
Bomb Aimer: F/L Frank Peter Burbridge, 126016
W/Op: F/Sgt James Noel Underwood, 1267926
M/U Gunner: F/Sgt Ronald Sydney Bennett, 1322262
Rear Gunner: W/O Wellington, known as Weasel, Hill, RCAF, R/87742

Pilot: F/L James Francis., known as Jimmy, Munro, Flight Engineer: F/Sgt William George Waller, Navigator: F/L Arthur James Wyndham, known as Jimmie, Silk, Bomb Aimer: F/L Frank Peter Burbridge,
W/Op: F/Sgt James Noel Underwood, M/U Gunner: F/Sgt Ronald Sydney Bennett, Rear Gunner: W/O Wellington, known as Weasel, Hill
 

DETAILS
This is a very well-documented crew, and remembered by many people even today.
Left: Munro with his first navigator, Arthur Spencer (right), who wrote an excellent memoir of the crew's experiences - unlike his captain, he survived the war.


Left: Jimmie Silk, navigator, who was lost with Jimmy Munro when the whole crew disappeared without trace.

Jimmie Silk, whose name appears on the signed photograph below, had actually only just joined the crew after flying his tour with the crew of P/O D.I. Jones, and Sgt Maurice Hemming (F/E), F/O T.Hodkinson, Sgts J.L.Hannah, F.Strange, and J.Brierley.

For more biographical details of Jimmy Silk, including the last letter he wrote home, click here Jimmy Silk page.


Below: The crew's Lancaster

Peter Burbridge, Bomb Aimer
Click here for large image of Jimmy Munro's Lancaster
Battle of Berlin - November 1943-March 1944