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Name NEIL
First names Anthony (Tony)
Rank F/Sgt
Service RAF
Crew position Air Gunner
Comments Served from February 1945 - June 1946
Tony arrived too late to do any ops but his skipper F/O Evans did a "2nd dicky".
Completed several 'Operation Dodge' trips.

Operation Dodge:
This was the means of using a huge fleet of Lancaster Bombers and the attendant aircrews who were now "out of a job" in order to transport soldiers of the 8th Army back home from holding units in Italy - especially those who had been away from home for 4-5 years.

The pick-up points in Italy were Bari on the South east coast towards the bottom of the country and the second one was Pomigliano, near Naples and close to Vesuvius.