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Heading Home by Philip West.
Having completed yet another sortie, the crew of 101 Sqn Special Operations
Lancaster SR-W, piloted by Flt Lt Rusty Waughman, are about to commence the long
and hazardous journey back to their base at Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire. |
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Heading Home by Philip West.
Having completed yet another sortie, the crew of 101 Sqn Special Operations Lancaster SR-W, piloted by Flt Lt Rusty Waughman, are about to commence the long and hazardous journey back to their base at Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire.
Signed limited edition of 300 prints. Paper size 28 inches x 16 inches (71cm x 41cm). Price £80.00 Signed by Sergeant Idris Taff Arndell, Squadron Leader Alexander Alec Cowan, Sergeant E H Ted Manners, Warrant Officer J Ormerod DFM and Flt Lt Russell Rusty Waughman DFC AFC
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 28 inches x 20 inches (71cm x 51cm). Price £100.00 Signed by Sergeant Idris Taff Arndell, Squadron Leader Alexander Alec Cowan, Sergeant E H Ted Manners, Warrant Officer J Ormerod DFM and Flt Lt Russell Rusty Waughman DFC AFC
ITEM CODE DHM2280
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Heading Home by Philip West
- The Signatures
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Sergeant Idris Taff Arndell
Volunteered for aircrew at age 17 and was called up just before his eighteenth birthday for Wireless Operator and air gunnery training. Later joined No.101 Squadron serving with Rusty Waughman and sharing in at least two near fatal mid-air incidents. Idris went on to fly with Wg Cdr Alexander on the last of the Battle of Berlin missions, completing his tour on 4th June 1944. He later returned to operational duties, including the Manna relief drops and the last raid over Bertesgarten.
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Squadron Leader Alexander Alec Cowan
Joined the RAF in 1941 and qualified as a navigator in December 1942 after training in the USA and Canada. He joined Rusty Waughman's crew in July 1943 and completed his tour of operations with him on No.101 Squadron in June 1944. A subsequent posting to Transport Command led to many years spent flying around the world. He retired from the RAF in 1977 after a service career spent mostly on flying, examining and instructional duties.
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Sergeant E H Ted Manners
Volunteered for aircrew duties in the RAF in November 1942 and trained as an Air Gunner in the Isle of Man. He volunteered for Special Duties whilst at 14 OTU and joined 101 Squadron in November 1942 completing a tour of 30 operations with P/O Waughman and crew on 31st May 1944, aged 19. He was commissioned on leaving the squadron and after a period as a Gunnery Instructor he joineda new crew as an Air Gunner and was destined to join Tiger Force in the Far East when the war ended. With the cessation of hostilities he transferred to the Intelligence Branch and served in Egypt, Italy ad Austria. He was demobbed in 1947.
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Warrant Officer J Ormerod DFM
Joined up on 14th August 1942 as a mechanic. He became Flight Engineer and flew with Sgt Zanchi of 101 Sqn, completing two trips with him, before going on leave. On returning from leave, he found out that his crew were missing on a Berlin op, so he became a spare engineer. He flew eight trips on Berlin with six different pilots and then joined Rusty Waughman's crew and finished his tour with them. When the war was over Ormerod flew on York A/C from Lyneham RAF 511 Sqd to the Far East until September 1946.
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Flt Lt Russell Rusty Waughman DFC AFC
Volunteered for the RAF in 1941. After training in Canada, he qualified as a heavy bomber pilot. In November 1943 he was posted to No.101 (Special Duties) Squadron at Ludford Magna. He completed a tour of operations, which began during the Battle of Berlin, where they did several operations. Surviving a mid-air collision, only to write the aircraft off on landing, Rusty and his crew on a subsequent flight had a miraculous escape when their aircraft was blown upside down, over the target, at Mailly-le-Camp; they also survived the Nuremberg raid on 30th March 1944, when 97 aircraft were lost - including about one quarter of 101 Sqn strength that night.
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