Name of Captain: F/L CE Blair DFC - RCAF
Aircraft: Lockheed Hudson Mk.III-V - Liberator Mk. III-V - B-17 Flying Fortress
Crew Details:

 

(LR): Sgt Alon Pilon, F/O CE Blair, Sgt AJ Bailey, Unknown (Hudson crew)

This image is quite possibly taken before theis crew were posted to 59 Sqn. The logbook of AJ Bailey shows that he is crewed with Blair (the pilot) in training at RAF Silloth in late 1942 on Hudson aircraft but after being posted to 59 Sqn two weeks later, Neville Barson is shown as pilot on Fortress aircraft.

Also in his logbook it shows that Bailey flew with F/O Camacho (pilot of crew that later sunk U-292) and F/O Jack Osborne, who is possibly another Canadian pilot with 59 Sqn. So these crews most likely all got posted to 59 Sqn at the same time.

 

Further Information - Hudson crew image provided by Steve Bailey

 

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