But in the end, Andy was lucky to have survived, as the Lancaster was notoriously difficult to bail out of in an emergency. Photo by Canadian ForcesĪndy did two operational missions and was shot down on his third, so he and his crew were statistically average for that time. (Andy) Carswell receives the Air Force Cross from Queen Elizabeth in a ceremony at Government House in Ottawa on Dominion Day, July 1, 1959. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. It was the perfect tool to exact revenge on Nazi Germany for its ruthless bombing of Britain during the Blitz. The Lancaster was an instrument of destruction, an aircraft designed to maximize its bomb load. More modern four-engine heavy bombers made this possible. Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Arthur “Bomber” Harris wanted to use RAF Bomber Command to strike back and destroy Germany’s capacity to make war from the sky.
Army Air Force and night attacks by the RAF to aid their new Russian ally. They turned to daylight bombing raids by the U.S. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor had brought the United States into the fight against the Axis, but the Allies still didn’t have the strength to invade Hitler’s Fortress Europe. Hitler had invaded Russia.Īndy completed his training in 1942. U-boats were ravaging Britain’s convoy lifeline in the Atlantic and Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps threatened the Suez Canal.
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