[joe-frank-list] Wellington bomber AG725L of the 165th bomber command

[rbell at alumni.caltech.edu]

	Johnny's plane in 'To the bar life' was a 'Wellington bomber
AG725L of the 165th bomber command'.
	'Bomber command' was the name of the whole British bomber
enterprise, which was divided into squadrons; there was no 165th
squadron.
	According to Wikipedia there was no type 725 of the Wellington
bomber.  
	According to the rafcommands database there was a bomber with
ID number AG725 that crashed on takeoff from Malta 1943 May 4
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=AG725 
	It was a Martin Baltimore, not a Wellington, a light, not
heavy, bomber.  All the crew were killed.  It was in the 69th
squadron.  It did have 1 Canadian crew.

russell bell