Mynarskis Lanc by Nicolas Trudgian (AP) REG559 U-552 A Lonely Vigil by

U-552 A Lonely Vigil by Robert Barbour

73 examples of this extremely successful aircraft were built and only one was lost due to enemy action during the 400 sorties flown

The Light Division had been so mauled and disordered that a Russian counter-attack drove it back from the Great Redoubt

Local villagers had cleared a rough airstrip 800yds long with Lewis finding it by the time dawn broke

Margrave with James Robinson up by John Frederick Herring SNR

Mynarskis Lanc by Nicolas Trudgian (AP) REG559 U-552 A Lonely Vigil byDHM2446AP. Mynarskis Lanc by Nicolas Trudgian. Lancaster V RA, with its young Canadian crew, flew just a handful of operations. On the night of June 12, 1944, it was set afire by a JU88, forcing the crew to bale out. Seeing the rear gunner trapped Pilot Officer Andrew Mynarski vainly braved the inferno to help, losing his parachute to the flames. He was forced to jump without it. Miraculously the burning Lancaster pancaked, and the rear gunner