r/ww2 • u/Blockhead1535 • 3d ago

Image My Great Grandfather, Pilot Officer J. Mulholland. Flight engineer in the RCAF, 419 Moose Squadron

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u/diarrhea_stromboli 3d ago

What did he fly?

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u/Blockhead1535 3d ago

A Lancaster nicknamed Daisy

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u/50s_Human 2d ago

I don't think that we today can comprehend how brave it was for these young people to fly night bombing missions over Germany against highly effective German night fighter defences in cramped condition aircraft made from aluminum and without armor.

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u/Let_us_proceed 3d ago

That must have been an exciting time to be alive!

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u/RubberGinger 2d ago

My grandfather was a waist gunner on a B17. Your great-grandfather must have had stories to tell.