Operations by Albert Cranthorne, 178 Squadron. Navigators attend an early briefing. All important timings were given All Aircrew assembled at Main Briefing The Intelligence Officer warned of dangers The Met. Officer gave his best predictions Pins and tape…

I was at Salbani from 1944 to 1945 initially as a second pilot and finished our tour (300 hours/30 trips) as the ‘skipper’. We were a normal sized Liberator crew of eleven consisting of four Australians (RAAF) and seven British ‘types’ (RAF). We were…