550 Squadron
F/O D W Summons DFC and Crew
F/O Summons and crew:
- F/O D W Summons DFC RAAF (P)
- Sgt C C Jerman DFM (F/Eng)
- F/L G S Nankiwell RAAF (Nav)
- F/O A Benger RAAF (A/B)
- F/Sgt J W Arnold RAAF (W/Op)
- W/O J J Bowland RAAF (MU/AG)
- Sgt J F O'Halloran RAAF (R/AG)
Pictured below the F/O Summons crew:
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L-to-R: F/O Summons (P), F/L Nankiwell (Nav), F/O Benger (A/B), Sgt Jerman (F/Eng), F/Sgt Arnold (W/Op), W/O Boland (MU/AG), Sgt O'Halloran (R/AG) |
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L-to-R: Sgt O'Halloran, W/O Boland, Sgt Jerman, F/O Summons, F/O Benger, F/L Nankiwell, F/Sgt Arnold
Thanks to Graham Day for making the picture available |
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L-to-R: F/O Summons (P), F/Sgt Arnold, F/O Benger, F/L Nankiwell, Sgt Jerman
Sitting on wing: L-to-R: W/O Boland, Sgt O'Halloran Thanks to Graham Day for making the picture available |
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Sgt Jerman (F/Eng)
Thanks to Graham Day for making the picture available |
Some of the following PDF (images) are already available as images on this web-page.
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Summons crew (and ground crew?) under aircraft |
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Summons crew plus dog (outside building) |
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Summons crew on aircraft |
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Summons crew (and ground crew?) on aircraft |
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Jeffery Arnold (W/Op) |
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F/O Summons crew, and ground crew, under aircraft
F/Sgt JW Arnold RAAF (W/Op) front row, squatting, 2nd from the right Thanks to John Arnold (F/Sgt Arnold's son) for making the picture available |
The picture below shows battle damage sustained during an operation to Dortmund on 29/30 November 1944 from which the Summons crew returned safely.
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Aircraft PD313
at Manston having made an emergency landing after a mid-air collision over Germany 29 Nov 1944
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The following photographs (duplicates of some of the above photos) were received in September/October 2025 along with the detailed annotations that were on the rear of the photos. Many thanks to John Arnold (F/Sgt Arnold's son) for making these pictures available.
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Aircrew and ground crew of "P" Peter alias "Lucky Red" (Note the Aussie flag on Red).
Key to the people in the photo of the Summons crew and support staff sitting on their plane (from the names given in the annotation on the back) Dave = David Summons, pilot Nank = Garnet Nankivell: Navigator Johnnie = John O'Halloran, rear gunner Alan Benger: bomb aimer Cliff Jerman: engineer Mick Boland: Upper gunner 'Yours truly" is Jeff Arnold, Wireless Operator. |
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Photo of six of the Summons crew with their mascot dog.
Annotation on the back of the photo identifies everyone. Missing is Cliff Jerman, the engineer. Presumably he took the photo. He was the only non-Australian in the crew. |