ND811 F2-T

A Pathfinder Lancaster III of No. 635 Squadron, coded F2-T, flown by Squadron Leader Ian Bazalgette to mark a V-1 flying-bomb storage site at Trossy-St-Maximin on 4 August 1944. Hit by flak on the run-in and set ablaze, with two engines gone and two crewmen too badly wounded to jump, Bazalgette pressed on and marked the target accurately, then ordered the rest of the crew out and tried to land the burning aircraft to save the two wounded men. It exploded as it touched down, killing all three. He was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross.