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Fg Off Charles Frederick Green DFC

Old 8th Apr 2020, 09:43
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Fg Off Charles Frederick Green DFC

Just wanted to record the passing, last night, of a splendid old gent who served on 429 Sqn (Halifax) and 75 Sqn (Lancaster) as an Air Gunner from 1943 to the war's end. I was lucky enough to know Charles through the RAFA Befriender initiative, and will miss his self-effacing humour - typical of his generation of aviators. Interestingly (to me at least), he flew 34 ops trips as a mid-upper gunner on Halifaxes, but on 75 Sqn, he flew as a mid-under gunner (yes, not a mistake - mid-UNDER) on a couple of specially modified Lancs - single, .50 cal ventral gun instead of the H2S.
For those of you who are interested, Charles recorded a interview about his life for the International Bomber Command Centre, here: https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/5756

It was a privilege Charles

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I bet he knew all about self-isolation.

Thank you sir.
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Blue skies, Sir! And thank you.
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Good grief, it must have been a hell of a shock for the NJG boys to find Charles returning the compliment with a 50 cal! Nice one Sir.
 

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