(Image: Yorkshire Air Museum)
Descendants of wartime airmen have gathered at a North Yorkshire museum to honour relatives killed in the Second World War.
More than 40 relatives gathered at the Yorkshire Air Museum, in Elvington. there on Saturday, October 3, to remember aircrew from RAF 77 Squadron, based at the site from 1942 to 1944.
The squadron flew Halifax bombers, with many crew members killed in action or taken prisoner.
Neil Bosher, honorary treasurer of the 77 Squadron Association, said: "The squadron, which comprised young men from all the allied nations, Canadians, Australians and New Zealanders as well as UK volunteers, suffered horrific losses at that time.
"And it’s important to remember them."
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The descendants attended a service in the museum chapel before a ceremony at the squadron memorial.
Some climbed inside the museum’s Halifax bomber to see the cramped conditions their relatives faced.
Others joined a behind-the-scenes tour led by collections manager Sarah Maultby, who showed them logbooks, photographs, memoirs and uniforms from the collection.