CREW MEMBER PROFILE |
||||||
Surname: |
SHEARER |
First Name/s: |
James Maxwell "Max" |
 |
||
|
||||||
Service No/s: |
415721 |
Service: |
RNZAF |
Branch: |
Pilot |
|
|
||||||
Awards: |
||||||
SERVICE RECORDS |
|||
Date |
Event |
Aircraft Flown |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
25 Nov 1943 |
Joined 576 Sqn at Elsham Wolds, Linconshire |
Auto loaded with initial creation of profile |
|
|
02 Jan 1944 |
|||
|
15 Mar 1944 |
|||
576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS |
|||||||
Date |
Aircraft |
Code |
Flight Details |
T/O |
Land |
Flt Time |
Crew |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
02 Jan 1944 |
ED888 |
UL-V2 |
BERLIN |
2330 |
0800 |
8h30 |
P1 Fg Off G.S. Morgan |
NOTES: |
Target:Built-up Area. Diverted Wittering |
||||||
|
03 Jan 1944 |
ED888 |
UL-V2 |
WITTERING TO ELSHAM WOLDS |
nk |
nk |
0h35 |
P1 Fg Off G.S. Morgan |
NOTES: |
Target: Returned from diversion |
||||||
|
20 Jan 1944 |
LM438 |
UL-C2 |
BERLIN |
1620 |
2350 |
7h30 |
P1 Fg Off J.M. Shearer RNZAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries |
||||||
|
21 Jan 1944 |
LM438 |
UL-C2 |
MAGDEBURG |
DNTO |
nk |
N/A |
P1 Fg Off J.M. Shearer RNZAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries Did not take off; aircraft unserviceable. |
||||||
|
27 Jan 1944 |
LM438 |
UL-C2 |
BERLIN |
1720 |
0140 |
8h20 |
P1 Fg Off J.M. Shearer RNZAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 56x 30lb and 1032x 4lb incendiaries |
||||||
|
28 Jan 1944 |
LM438 |
UL-C2 |
BERLIN |
2345 |
0430 |
4h45 |
P1 Fg Off J.M. Shearer RNZAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 56x 30lb and 1032x 4lb incendiaries. Returned early; engine failure. |
||||||
|
30 Jan 1944 |
LM438 |
UL-C2 |
BERLIN |
1700 |
2335 |
6h35 |
P1 Fg Off J.M. Shearer RNZAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 56x 30lb and 762x 4lb incendiaries. Attacked twice by a Ju-88 at 1919 and at 22,000 ft but the enemy aircraft did not open fire. Both gunners opened up with a short burst on the first attack. The Combat Report is attached below. |
||||||
|
19 Feb 1944 |
LM438 |
UL-C2 |
LEIPZIG |
2335 |
0720 |
7h45 |
P1 Fg Off J.M. Shearer RNZAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries. |
||||||
|
20 Feb 1944 |
LM438 |
UL-C2 |
STUTTGART |
2350 |
0715 |
7h25 |
P1 Fg Off J.M. Shearer RNZAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries. |
||||||
|
15 Mar 1944 |
LM438 |
UL-C2 |
STUTTGART |
1910 |
0215 |
7h05 |
P1 Flt Lt J.M. Shearer RNZAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 96x 30lb and 750x 4lb incendiaries. |
||||||
|
17 Mar 1944 |
LM469 |
UL-E2 |
Training |
nk |
nk |
1h20 |
P1 Flt Lt J.M. Shearer RNZAF |
NOTES: |
Fighter affiliation. |
||||||
|
18 Mar 1944 |
LM438 |
UL-C2 |
FRANKFURT |
1900 |
0050 |
5h50 |
P1 Flt Lt J.M. Shearer RNZAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 108x 30lb and 1062x 4lb incendiaries. |
||||||
|
22 Mar 1944 |
LM438 |
UL-C2 |
FRANKFURT |
1840 |
0100 |
6h20 |
P1 Flt Lt J.M. Shearer RNZAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 108x 30lb and 1062x 4lb incendiaries. |
||||||
|
24 Mar 1944 |
LM438 |
UL-C2 |
BERLIN |
1845 |
0145 |
7h00 |
P1 Flt Lt J.M. Shearer RNZAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 108x 30lb and 924x 4lb incendiaries. Attacked twice by a Ju-88 to the north of the Ruhr immediately after evading flak and searchlights. Both starboard engines were damaged. The gunners returned fire and claimed the Ju-88 as ‘damaged’. The return flight was made on two engines and a third cut out on landing at Ford aerodrome. The aircraft was too damaged to fly again with 576 and after repairs at AV Roe, was used for training. The Combat Report is attached below. |
||||||
|
30 Apr 1944 |
ND783 |
UL-C2 |
MAINTENON |
2130 |
0230 |
4h40 |
P1 Flt Lt J.M. Shearer RNZAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Ammunition dump. Load: 11x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs. |
||||||
|
01 May 1944 |
ND783 |
UL-C2 |
LYON |
2135 |
0445 |
7h10 |
P1 Flt Lt J.M. Shearer RNZAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Soc. Berliet motor works. Load: 11x 1000lb and 3x 500lb bombs. |
||||||
|
03 May 1944 |
ND783 |
UL-C2 |
MAILLY LE CAMP |
2200 |
0410 |
6h10 |
P1 Flt Lt J.M. Shearer RNZAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Military depot and tank training centre. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’ and 16x 500lb bombs. |
||||||
|
06 May 1944 |
ND783 |
UL-C2 |
AUBIGNE-RACAN |
0015 |
FTR |
uk |
P1 Flt Lt J.M. Shearer RNZAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Ammunition depot. Load: 11x 1000lb and 5x 500lb bombs. Aircraft failed to return. |
||||||
PERSONAL INFORMATION |
|
Personal Records Restricted - not available to the public |
PHOTOS & DOCUMENTS |
|
Personal Documents Restricted - not available to the public |
