A Bad Penny Always Comes Back


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The Bad Penny Crew

The only existing photo showing all seven members of the Bad Penny crew was damaged. Sometime over the 62 years since the end of WWII one third of the picture had been cut off; the heads and shoulders were missing from the top four men.

Back row: (L-R) Stan Jones, John Corner, Bob Upcott, Bill Walton
Front row: (L-R) Orval Blower, Bill Demo, Bill Gray

Ages of the crew and their hometowns at the time the men were crewed up, November 1944:

Name	Title	Birthplace	Age
Bob Upcott	Pilot	Windsor, Ontario	21
Bill Walton	Navigator	Toronto, Ontario	20
Bill Gray	Bomb-Aimer	London, Ontario	22
Stan Jones	Wireless/Op.	London, England	19
Orval Blower	Mid-Upper Gunner	Port Credit, Ontario	19
Bill Demo	Rear Gunner	St. Thomas, Ontario	18
John Corner	Flight Engineer	Manchester, England	35

London Gazette Press Clipping, May 1945

Bob Upcott and John Corner of Bad Penny receive a Distinguished Flying Medal for their leadership during WWII. (Requires Adobe Reader®)


Photo: Wim Van Duyn Bad Penny crew in front of Windsor Lancaster FM 212 located in Jackson Park, Windsor, Ontario, September 10, 1997. (L-R) Bill Gray, Stan Jones, Orville "Oz" Blower, Bill Walton, Bob Upcott. (missing John Corner and Bill Demo)	(L-R) Bill Demo, Bill Gray, Stan Jones, Oz Blower and Bob Upcott hanging out after a baseball game on Stan's 20th birthday in Ludford Magna, England, March 9th, 1945	Bill Walton, Bad Penny Navigator, stands in front of Hut #8, crew quarters, in Ludford Magna, England, March 9th, 1945	101 Squadron, Stan Jones (L), Wireless Radio Operator and John Corner, Flight Engineer, April 1945 in Ludford Magna England

Character Bios

Peter
Pilot Bob
Stan Jones
Bill Gray
Bill Demo
Bill Walton
Orval Blower
John Corner