CREW MEMBER PROFILE |
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Surname: |
SCHOFIELD |
First Name/s: |
George Gordon |
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Service No/s: |
1594500? |
Service: |
RAFVR |
Branch: |
Air Gunner |
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Awards: |
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SERVICE RECORDS |
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Date |
Event |
Aircraft Flown |
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26 Oct 1943 |
No.83 Operational Training Unit, Peplow (Schofield shown in Rainey's logbook) |
Wellington |
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11 Feb 1944 |
No.1662 Heavy Conversion Unit, Blyton. Elements of the 576 crew formed (Gibbons (WOp), Searle (FE), & Frost (AB) are mentioned by name in Rainey's logbook) but Schofield tbc. |
Halifax |
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16 Apr 1944 |
No.1 Lancaster Finishing School, Hemswell. TBC |
Lancaster |
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01 May 1944 |
No.576 Squadron, 'B' Flight, Elsham Wolds. |
Lancaster |
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576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS |
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Date |
Aircraft |
Code |
Flight Details |
T/O |
Land |
Flt Time |
Crew |
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11 May 1944 |
ME726 |
UL-X2 |
Training |
nk |
nk |
5h00 |
P1 Flt Lt W.A. Rainey |
NOTES: |
Night cross-country navigation exercise. Route: Elsham-Saffron Walden-Bodmin-Truro-Elsham. |
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12 May 1944 |
ND903 |
UL-R2 |
Exercise BULLSEYE |
nk |
nk |
5h15 |
P1 Flt Lt W.A. Rainey |
NOTES: |
Night Exercise BULLSEYE. Target: Newcastle. |
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14 May 1944 |
LL796 |
UL-T2 |
Training |
nk |
nk |
1h45 |
P1 Flt Lt W.A. Rainey |
NOTES: |
High level bombing and fighter affiliation. |
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17 May 1944 |
ME687 |
*UL-S2 |
Training |
nk |
nk |
2h20 |
P1 Flt Lt W.A. Rainey |
NOTES: |
Air-to-air firing, Air-to-sea firing, and levelling bombsight. |
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21 May 1944 |
ME687 |
UL-S2 |
DUISBERG |
2245 |
0345 |
5h00 |
P1 Flt Lt W.A. Rainey |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 204x 30lb incendiaries. Bombed at 20,000 ft. 'Sighted 3 enemy fighters. Attacked once. Holed by flak' - Rainey. |
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24 May 1944 |
JB460 |
UL-V2 |
AACHEN |
2355 |
0455 |
5h00 |
P1 Fg Off W.A. Rainey |
NOTES: |
Target: Aachen West and Rothe-Erde marshalling yards. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. |
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26 May 1944 |
ME735 |
UL-R2 |
Training |
nk |
nk |
1h30 |
P1 Fg Off W.A. Rainey |
NOTES: |
'Y' H2S, cross country, Air to sea firing; H2S unserviceable |
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28 May 1944 |
ME735 |
UL-R2 |
Training |
nk |
nk |
1h30 |
P1 Fg Off W.A. Rainey |
NOTES: |
'Y' Cross country (Y partly unserviceable) |
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03 Jun 1944 |
ME735 |
UL-R2 |
WIMEREUX |
2310 |
0300 |
3h50 |
P1 Fg Off W.A. Rainey |
NOTES: |
Target: Coastal gun battery. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 15x 500lb bombs. |
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05 Jun 1944 |
ME735 |
UL-R2 |
ST MARTIN DE VARREVILLE AND CRISBECQ |
2130 |
0135 |
4h05 |
P1 Fg Off W.A. Rainey |
NOTES: |
Target: Coastal gun batteries at St Martin de Varreville. The bombing of coastal guns to soften up the enemy defences prior to the D-Day landings. Load: 18x 5000lb bombs. |
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06 Jun 1944 |
ME735 |
UL-R2 |
VIRE |
2155 |
0340 |
5h45 |
P1 Fg Off W.A. Rainey |
NOTES: |
Target: Two aiming points one on the Viaduc de Martilly road/rail bridge (western AP) and the other on the town's marshalling yards. Load: 18x 500lb bombs. |
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10 Jun 1944 |
ME735 |
UL-R2 |
FLERS |
1350 |
1720 |
3h30 |
P1 Flt Lt W.A. Rainey |
NOTES: |
Target: Luftwaffe airfield. Load: 18x 500lb bombs. |
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23 Jun 1944 |
ME735 |
UL-P2 |
SAINTES |
0130 |
0530 |
4h00 |
P1 Flt Lt W.A. Rainey |
NOTES: |
Target: Marshalling yards. Loads: H2S aircraft: 10x 1000lb, 2x 500lb bombs. All other aircraft 10x 1000lb, 3x 500lb bombs. |
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