February 18, 1945 - Photo Day

From the Operations Record Book:  

A day of intensified flying training in which the Squadron carried out practice bombing, air to air firing, air to sea firing, fighter affiliation and "Y" cross country exercises.[1] In addition ground training and lectures were given.

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On February 18, 1945, the crew had a professional photo taken, along with 550 Squadron's famed 'Vulture Strikes!'  Including a 1 hr 35 min daylight air-to-sea training flight this same day plus live operations to Dresden and Chemnitz, the crew flew aboard 'V' three times.

The Harris Crew
From left to right: Hicks, Ditson, Harris, Smith, Yemen, Kelleher, Nicol

The Harris Crew posing aboard Vulture Strikes!

From left to right: Harris, Ditson, Kelleher, Yemen, Smith, Hicks, Nicol

[1] Cross country training flights using H2S radar