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This shot is a cartoon of me, not a real photy, honest.:lol: It is almost exactly 50 years old and portrays me with fave booze (Carling lager), fave kite of the time - Percival Provost and fave sport Motorcycle racing, it would be as I come from and still live in, the Isle of Man where we have...

copied from FlyPast mag of 1985. also small drawing attached to a print of WS-J over Lincoln Cathedral (Johnny Walker). the insert depicts the nose of WS-R and was added by the artist Timothy O'Brien for me (he has the copyright) also, i hope, shot of the whole print with my uncle Bobbie's...

Named by pilot as a tribute to the incredible fight being put up by the Russians at the time. Pilot Sgt/Flt Sgt/ Pilot Officer Jimmy Lyon. Observer (Navigator) Bobbie Corkill (Corkie) IX Squadron at Bardney, Lincolnshire. EE136 Lancaster WS-R from May 1943 to October 1944 Did 109 Ops and...

Hi all My little pic (avatar-atavar ?) is of an uncle. He is the one on top with the pink hairdo (bald). In common with a lot of the bomber crews Bobbie, the Observer, was the "daddy" and the pilot was probably the baby. I have quite a lot of IX squadron and 630 squadron pics especially of...