Name/Title
97/Steven Crew: Crew in 'B' Flight photographEntry/Object ID
2022.1.206Description
Steven crew, 97 Squadron, detail from 'B' Flight photographContext
L-R, Albert East, Ridley Brown, Samuel Stevenson, Ken Newman, Bill Gadsby.
The crew was shot down over Texel on 15 January 1944; Ken Newman was not flying with them because he was sick; his place had been taken by Leslie Laver. Albert East and Rid Brown were the only survivors.
CREW
Pilot: F/L Kenneth Munro Steven – Killed, buried in Den Burg Cemetery
Flight Engineer: F/S Albert C East – PoW
Navigator: F/S Samuel Stevenson – Killed, buried in Den Burg Cemetery
Bomb Aimer: P/O Ridley Brown – PoW
W/Op: F/S William Gadsby – Killed, buried in Den Burg Cemetery
Mid-Upper Gunner: W/O Clifford John, known as Jack, Skinner – Killed, buried in Den Burg Cemetery
Rear Gunner: Sgt Leslie Norman John Laver – Killed, buried in Den Burg Cemetery
Donated by Joan Champion and Paul East, April 2021.Collection
97 Squadron, YEAS: ALBERT EAST & the Steven CrewCategory
QRP: Formal or group photographs