Lot 93
A NAVIGATORS MAP & LOG FOR A RAID IN MARCH 1945.
A 33" x 30" Navigators Map with route and destination clearly marked, dated 15th/16th March 1945. It was recorded for the raid by 107 Squadron Lancasters on Nuremberg, having taken off from Hemswell. A Mark 111 Lancaster number ME 496 Squadron Code TC & K.
Flown by a different crew the following night on a similar raid, the same aircraft was shotdown by night fighters, near Furth. Only three of the crew survived, having safely parachuted to become Prisoners of War.
