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William Jock Burnett | Warrant Officer William Jock Burnett Jock Burnett (Flight Engineer) volunteered at the age of 18 as a Direct Entry in Edinburgh F/E and served in the RAFVR from 25th May 1943 until 19th February 1947 following a F/E course at St Athans, South Wales. On passing out from this course Jock was posted to Swinderby on Stirlings heavy conversion unit 1660 before being transferred to Syerston and Lancasters. In early August 1944 Jock joined 617 Sqn at Woodhall Spa and was subsequently posted with the squadron to Waddington and Digri, India. He completed 30 missions, all with Lawrence Benny Goodman as the pilot. Notable raids Jock took part in were on the Tirpitz, 29th October 1944, dropping the Grand Slam 22,000 bomb on the Arnsberg Viaduct, 19th March 1945, and the attack on Berchtesgarten Eagles Nest, 25th May 1945. |
Items Signed by Warrant Officer William Jock Burnett |
 | Welcome Home by Stephen Brown. Price : £150.00 | A flak-damaged Lancaster of 617 Squadron struggles across the airfield perimeter as it returns to base after a precision raid over enemy territory. After writing a new chapter in aviation history with the famous Dams Raid of May 1943, 617 Squadron ...... | |
| | Welcome Home by Stephen Brown (AP) Price : £175.00 | A flak-damaged Lancaster of 617 Squadron struggles across the airfield perimeter as it returns to base after a precision raid over enemy territory. After writing a new chapter in aviation history with the famous Dams Raid of May 1943, 617 Squadron ...... | |
| | Welcome Home by Stephen Brown. (XX) Price : £125.00 | A flak-damaged Lancaster of 617 Squadron struggles across the airfield perimeter as it returns to base after a precision raid over enemy territory. After writing a new chapter in aviation history with the famous Dams Raid of May 1943, 617 Squadron ...... |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Warrant Officer William Jock Burnett |
 | Pack 565. Pack of two 617 Sqn Lancaster prints by Stephen Brown and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £195.00 Saving : £175 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Welcome Home by Stephen Brown. Moonlight Run (Dambusters) by Ivan Berryman. | |
 | Lancaster Bomber Art Prints by Stephen Brown and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £200.00 Saving : £150 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Welcome Home by Stephen Brown. Teamwork by Ivan Berryman. | |
 | Avro Lancaster Aviation Art Prints by Stephen Brown and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £210.00 Saving : £180 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Welcome Home by Stephen Brown. Avro Lancaster B.1 by Ivan Berryman. (AP) | |
 | Aviation Art Prints by Stephen Brown and Graeme Lothian. Pack Price : £220.00 Saving : £160 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Welcome Home by Stephen Brown. Distant Dispersal by Graeme Lothian. (D) | |
 | Lancaster Aviation Art by Stephen Brown and Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £330.00 Saving : £130 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Welcome Home by Stephen Brown. Home at Dawn by Nicolas Trudgian. |
 | Lancaster Bomber Aviation Art Prints. Pack Price : £210.00 Saving : £160 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Welcome Home by Stephen Brown. Last One Away by Ivan Berryman. | |
 | Avro Lancaster Art Prints by Nicolas Trudgian and Stephen Brown. Pack Price : £210.00 Saving : £135 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Welcome Home by Stephen Brown. Mynarskis Lanc by Nicolas Trudgian. | |
 | Lancaster Bomber Prints by Stephen Brown and Gerald Coulson. Pack Price : £270.00 Saving : £240 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Welcome Home by Stephen Brown. Alone at Dawn by Gerald Coulson. | |
| | RAF Lancaster Bomber Aviation Art Prints. Pack Price : £210.00 Saving : £180 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Welcome Home by Stephen Brown. Distant Dispersal by Graeme Lothian. (E) |
| Squadrons for : Warrant Officer William Jock Burnett | ||
| A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Warrant Officer William Jock Burnett. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name. | ||
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Country : UK Founded : 23rd March 1943 Apres mois, le deluge - After me, the flood | No.617 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available. | |
| Aircraft for : Warrant Officer William Jock Burnett | |||
| A list of all aircraft associated with Warrant Officer William Jock Burnett. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name. | |||
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Manufacturer : Avro Production Began : 1942 Retired : 1963 Number Built : 7377 | Lancaster The Avro Lancaster arose from the avro Manchester and the first prototype Lancaster was a converted Manchester with four engines. The Lancaster was first flown in January 1941, and started operations in March 1942. By March 1945 The Royal Air Force had 56 squadrons of Lancasters with the first squadron equipped being No.44 Squadron. During World War Two the Avro Lancaster flew 156,000 sorties and dropped 618,378 tonnes of bombs between 1942 and 1945. Lancaster Bomberss took part in the devastating round-the-clock raids on Hamburg during Air Marshall Harris' Operation Gomorrah in July 1943. Just 35 Lancasters completed more than 100 successful operations each, and 3,249 were lost in action. The most successful survivor completed 139 operations, and the Lancaster was scrapped after the war in 1947. A few Lancasters were converted into tankers and the two tanker aircraft were joined by another converted Lancaster and were used in the Berlin Airlift, achieving 757 tanker sorties. A famous Lancaster bombing raid was the 1943 mission, codenamed Operation Chastise, to destroy the dams of the Ruhr Valley. The operation was carried out by 617 Squadron in modified Mk IIIs carrying special drum shaped bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis. Also famous was a series of Lancaster attacks using Tallboy bombs against the German battleship Tirpitz, which first disabled and later sank the ship. The Lancaster bomber was the basis of the new Avro Lincoln bomber, initially known as the Lancaster IV and Lancaster V. (Becoming Lincoln B1 and B2 respectively.) Their Lancastrian airliner was also based on the Lancaster but was not very successful. Other developments were the Avro York and the successful Shackleton which continued in airborne early warning service up to 1992. | ||
Manufacturer : Short Production Began : 1939 Number Built : 2381 | Stirling The Royal Air Force's first four engined monoplane Bomber, the Short Stirling first flew in May 1939 and entered front line service in August 1940 with no. 7 squadron. Due to its poor operational ceiling the aircraft sustained heavy losses and by mid 1942 the Stirling was beginning to be replaced by the Lancaster. Improved versions of the Short Stirling were built for Glider towing, paratroopers and heavy transport. also from 1943 many of the Stirling's were used for mine laying. A total of 2381 Stirling's were built for the Royal air Force and from this total 641 Stirling bombers were lost to enemy action. Crew 7 or 8: Speed: 260 mph (MK1) 275mph (MKIII) and 280mph (MKV)Service ceiling 17,000 feet Range: 2330 miles. (MK1) 2010 miles (MKIII) and 3,000 miles (MKV) Armament: two .303 Vickers machine guns. in nose turret, two .303 in browning machine guns in dorsal turret , Four .303 Browning machine guns in tail turret. Bomb Load 14,000 Lbs Engines: four 1150 Hp Bristol Hercules II (MK1) four 1650 hp Bristol Hercules XVI (MK111 and MKV) | ||
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