Bobby Pearson
and
the King
Bobby Pearson
died in January 2001. His obituary in 16 Squadron Newsbrief quotes
his comments on this photograph.
"I'm the Squadron Leader standing in front of my aircraft,
MM282
. [His
navigator,
F/Sgt G.R. Curson
, was on his right and his fitter,
LAC Sagar
,
on his left.]
King George VI
wanted to see the bomb-bay and the type of
racks we had [for the flash-bombs], etc. I was detailed off to take him
underneath. Partly doubled up and pointing out the equipment by hand, I
knocked his cap off. Nobody saw and we both had a huge laugh!"
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