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This comment is most interesting because Mark mentions January 1, 1945. Click here to learn more.
Thanks for setting up an Erks category.
I can’t wait to start releasing the stuff I have – I’m really glad I have found this site where I can finally share it. This is the place and the community that will appreciate it.
I can recognize some of my dad’s “crew” in this group shot from my pictures.
My dad’s crew was referred to as the “Number 1″. I understand they held the time record for swapping out a Merlin engine that could not be beaten. His “crew” managed to stay together during the war on the continent, except for one member, who was killed during an attack on their airdrome January 01, 1945. I’ll get into more of the details I know about that later.
I’m pretty sure the guy in the back row to the right of the prop blade with the arrow drawn across the left shoulder is my father, George Edward White LAC R119501.
I have a picture of him standing in the bottom of a large bomb crater in exactly the same pose – right hand on the hip – take in Normandy 1944.
What I really notice in this picture at the end of the war, is the way many of these young men rapidly age during the course of the war. My dad was born in 1921 and he would have just turned 24 in August of 1945.
Mark
Mark also mentions a whole lot more information about this picture.
I’m pretty sure the guy in the back row to the right of the prop blade with the arrow drawn across the left shoulder is my father, George Edward White LAC R119501.
More about erks…
Someone whose father was also a groung crew wrote a comment once on my other blog Lest We Forget.
His father was with RCAF 425 Alouette. His name was Roly Leblanc. I wrote several articles during Rememberance Week 2011.
Great pictures!
Erks’, is a kindly word meaning your ground crew guys! I’ve not heard that term used since those days!
George Stewart DFC, 23 Squadron Mosquito pilot
RCAF No. 403 Squadron 
This large group photo was taken after 01 March 1945, because seated front row centre, with his legs crossed is Cap Foster, and directly behind him is Aurel “Amigo” Roy. “Amigo” served with 403 Squadron from 01 March to 31 May 1945.
Thanks for the info. I will make the correction.