The Fate of a Mid Upper Gunner

16th March 1945: Long after the war, questions still linger about how a Lancaster bomber crew member really died

Still from film shot by the RAF Film Production Unit during the daylight raid on Essen, Germany, by over 1,000 aircraft of all bomber groups. A shower of 'Window' is dropped from an Avro Lancaster as aircraft orbit the cloud-covered target. 4,661 tons of bombs were dropped on sky-markers through the complete cloud cover, resulting in an accurate attack …