No. 431 Squadron Debrief

Target was Sterkrade, a strategic industrial town in the Ruhr, and the Nazis defended it vigorously with flak batteries and night-fighters. The Iroquois Squadron [431 Squadron] trio pictured above are telling an intelligence officer how they saw the objective pranged. Shown are (left to right) P/O Hal. Phillips (2127 W. 40th St., Vancouver); F/O Gordon Dumville (Rocanville, Saskatchewan); F/O R. W. Harrison (Lorlie, Saskatchewan). All have done more than ten trips with the RCAF Bomber Group Library and Archives Canada Item ID number: 5559130