Air Transport Auxiliary Casualty
I was at the small cemetery on the border of Manchester Airport recently and found the Commonwealth War grave of Flight Captain Bernard Short of the ATA who was killed whilst flying into high ground in the Lake District on the 24th January 1944 whilst piloting a Handley Page Halifax bomber.
I wondered whether Flight Captain Short would have had additional crew members or would he have been expected to fly the Halifax solo on his final delivery flight?