CREW MEMBER PROFILE

Surname:

TINSLEY

First Name/s:

Richard John

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Service No/s:

1581346

Service:

RAFVR

Branch:

Air Bomber

Awards:

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SERVICE RECORDS

Date

Event

Aircraft Flown
25 Nov 1943

Joined 576 Sqn at Elsham Wolds, Linconshire

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12 Feb 1944

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20 Feb 1944

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19 Apr 1944

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20 Apr 1944

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576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS

Date

Aircraft

Code

Flight Details

T/O

Land

Flt Time

Crew

12 Feb 1944

ND385

UL-W2

Training

nk

nk

2h40

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Gee navigation exercise. Crew to be confirmed except Scheerboom and De La Mothe.

20 Feb 1944

LL830

UL-R2

Air Test

nk

nk

1h40

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Air test. Crew to be confirmed except Scheerboom and De La Mothe.

20 Feb 1944

LL830

UL-R2

Exercise BULLSEYE

nk

nk

4h00

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Night Exercise BULLSEYE. Crew to be confirmed except Scheerboom and De La Mothe.

21 Feb 1944

ED888

UL-V2

Training

nk

nk

5h00

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Night cross-country navigation exercise with bombing at Missen Range. Crew to be confirmed except Scheerboom and De La Mothe.

02 Mar 1944

ED888

UL-V2

Training

nk

nk

5h15

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Night cross-country navigation exercise with bombing. Crew to be confirmed except Scheerboom and De La Mothe.

03 Mar 1944

ED888

UL-V2

Exercise BULLSEYE

nk

nk

6h20

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Night Exercise BULLSEYE. Crew to be confirmed except Scheerboom and De La Mothe.

05 Mar 1944

JA868

UL-Y2

Training

nk

nk

2h00

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Practice bombing; simulated bombing attacks (SBA), 3-engine instrument flying. Crew to be confirmed except Scheerboom and De La Mothe.

07 Mar 1944

ND362

UL-Q2

Training

nk

nk

4h00

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Cross-country navigation exercise. Crew to be confirmed except Scheerboom and De La Mothe.

09 Mar 1944

LL830

UL-R2

Training

nk

nk

2h05

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Air-to-sea firing; simulated bombing attacks and instrument flying. Crew to be confirmed except Scheerboom and De La Mothe.

11 Mar 1944

LL800

UL-S2

Training

nk

nk

1h50

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Air-to-air firing, intermediate landing at Binbrook, and local flying. Crew to be confirmed except Scheerboom and De La Mothe.

13 Mar 1944

ND362

UL-Q2

Training

nk

nk

1h45

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise. Crew to be confirmed except Scheerboom and De La Mothe.

14 Mar 1944

LL800

UL-S2

Training

nk

nk

2h00

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Simulated bombing attacks and 2- and 3-engine flying. Crew to be confirmed except Scheerboom and De La Mothe.

15 Mar 1944

LL830

UL-R2

STUTTGART

1910

0300

7h50

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 96x 30lb and 750x 4lb incendiaries.

17 Mar 1944

LL800

UL-S2

Training

nk

nk

2h50

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Fighter affiliation and local flying.

18 Mar 1944

ED888

UL-V2

FRANKFURT

1910

0125

6h15

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt J.W.C. Labelle RCAF
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 108x 30lb and 1062x 4lb incendiaries.

22 Mar 1944

JA715

UL-W2

FRANKFURT

1910

0110

6h00

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie'; 108x 30lb and 1062x 4lb incendiaries.

24 Mar 1944

JA715

UL-W2

BERLIN

1905

0305

8h00

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 108x 30lb and 924x 4lb incendiaries. Attacked by a single-engined enemy fighter at approximately 2243 hrs at 22,000 ft, position 5205N 01313E. Sgt Hannah in the mid-upper turret ordered evasive action, and both gunners opened fire, but no hits were observed on the enemy aircraft which broke off the attack without returning fire. The Combat Report can be found on Sgts Hannah and De la Mothe's profiles. On their return to England, the crew were diverted to Enstone due to poor visibility at base.

26 Mar 1944

JA715

*UL-D2

Enstone to Elsham Wolds

nk

nk

1h00

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Return from diversion. Annotated as 26 March in De la Mothe's logbook but possibly flown on 25 March - tbc.

26 Mar 1944

JA715

*UL-D2

ESSEN

2010

0115

5h05

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 108x 30lb and 1170x 4lb incendiaries.

30 Mar 1944

JA715

UL-W2

NUREMBURG

2000

0615

10h15

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 108x 30lb and 1020x 4lb incendiaries. Attacked by a Ju-88 at approximately 0029 hrs at 20,000 ft, position 5028N 00813E. Sgt De la Mothe (rear) ordered evasive action and both he and Sgt Hannah (mid-upper) opened fire, claiming hits on the enemy fighter, which broke away after one attack and was not seen again. No hits were sustained by the Lancaster. The Combat Report can be found in Sgts Hannah and De la Mothe's profiles.

01 Apr 1944

LL796

UL-T2

Training

nk

nk

1h45

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Visual Monica training.

11 Apr 1944

JA715

UL-W2

AACHEN

2025

0025

4h00

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt S.I. Bott
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 12x 1000lb bombs, 300x 4lb incendiaries.

13 Apr 1944

JA715

UL-W2

Air Test

nk

nk

0h30

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt A.A. Harris RAAF
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Air test. Sgt D Hannah to be confirmed (possibly Sgt S I Bott)

16 Apr 1944

ND362

UL-Q2

Training

nk

nk

1h40

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Local flying.

19 Apr 1944

JA715

UL-W2

Training

nk

nk

0h30

P1    W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE    H.R. Piper
AB    R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp   C.E. Harris
MUG   D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Fighter affiliation.

20 Apr 1944

JA715

UL-W2

COLOGNE

2340

0420

4h40

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Target: Built-up areas to the north and west of the city centre. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 108x 30lb and 1170x 4lb incendiaries.

22 Apr 1944

JA715

UL-W2

DUSSELDORF

nk

nk

DNTO

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area to the north of the city centre. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 108x 30lb and 1170x 4lb incendiaries. Mission abandoned as the aircraft was unable to take off due to the runway being obstructed by the ground collision of UL-G2 and UL-Q2. By the time the runway was cleared it was too late to accomplish the mission.

24 Apr 1944

JA715

UL-W2

KARLSRUHE

2205

0420

6h15

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1st wave: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 96x 30lb and 1170 x 4lb incendiaries. 2nd wave: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 84x 30lb and 1170x 4lb incendiaries. 3rd wave: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 96x 30lb and 1050x 4lb incendiaries. Supporters: 6x 2000lb bombs. It has not been determined in which wave JA715 flew.

26 Apr 1944

JA715

UL-W2

ESSEN

2300

0330

4h30

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area and Krupps works. Loads: 1st Wave: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 108x 30lb and 1170x 4lb incendiaries. 2nd Wave: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 60x 30lb and 660x 4lb incendiaries. 3rd Wave: 1x 1000lb, 1x 500lb bombs, 84x 30lb and 1050x 4lb incendiaries. 4th Wave: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 60x 30lb and 600x 4lb incendiaries. 5th Wave: 1x 1000lb, 1x 500lb bombs, 84x 30lb and 960x 4lb incendiaries. It has not been determined in which wave JA715 flew.

27 Apr 1944

JA715

UL-W2

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN

2130

0600

8h30

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Target: Marshalling yards. Loads: 1st Wave: 1x 1000lb, 1x 500lb bombs, 84x 30lb and 1050x 4lb incendiaries 2nd Wave: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 30x 30lb and 600x 4lb incendiaries 3rd Wave: 1x 1000lb, 1x500lb bombs, 84x 30lb and 960x 4lb incendiaries. It is not known in which wave JA715 flew.

30 Apr 1944

ME703

UL-S2

MAINTENON

2130

0230

5h00

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Target: Ammunition dump. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

01 May 1944

ME703

UL-S2

LYON

2125

0445

7h20

P1   Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Target: Soc. Berliet motor works. Load: 11x 1000lb, 1x 500lb bombs.

11 May 1944

ND903

UL-R2

HASSELT

2135

0135

4h00

P1   Plt Off W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. The Master Bomber was unable to identify the target visually and instructed all aircraft to return to base with their bombs.

14 May 1944

ME687

UL-S2

Training

nk

nk

3h15

P1   Plt Off W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise.

15 May 1944

ND903

UL-R2

Training

1430

1645

2h15

P1   Plt Off W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise.

17 May 1944

ME792

UL-Q2

Training

nk

nk

1h45

P1   Plt Off W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise.

19 May 1944

ME800

UL-W2

ORLEANS

2145

0300

5h15

P1   Plt Off W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Target: The marshalling yards at Fleury-les-Aubrais. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

21 May 1944

ME800

UL-W2

DUISBERG

2215

0315

5h00

P1   Plt Off W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Target: Built-ip area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 204x 30lb incendiaries.

22 May 1944

ME800

UL-W2

DORTMUND

2215

0315

5h00

P1   Plt Off W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 108x 30lb and 1170x 4lb incendiaries.

24 May 1944

ME800

UL-W2

AACHEN

2320

0440

5h20

P1   Plt Off W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Target: The marshalling yards at Aachen West and Rothe-Erde. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

26 May 1944

ND994

UL-F2

Training

nk

nk

0h50

P1   Plt Off W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Fighter affiliation.

27 May 1944

ME800

UL-W2

AACHEN

2345

0415

4h30

P1   Plt Off W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt L. Roberts
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Target: The marshalling yards at Aachen East and Rothe-Erde. Load 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

28 May 1944

ME800

UL-W2

Training

nk

nk

3h30

P1   Plt Off W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise. Flight Engineer tbc but probably Piper. If not, possibly Sgt L Roberts.

31 May 1944

ME800

UL-W2

Training

nk

nk

0h30

P1   Plt Off W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise. Because of the short flight time, this flight was probably aborted for some reason tbc.

02 Jun 1944

ME800

UL-W2

CALAIS

2235

0135

3h00

P1   Plt Off W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Target: Coastal gun battery. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. The attacks against gun batteries in the Pas de Calais was part of a plan to deceive the Germans that the forthcoming invasion was to be in this area, and not Normandy.

03 Jun 1944

ME800

UL-W2

WIMEREUX (BOULOGNE)

2305

0220

3h15

P1   Plt Off W.A. Scheerboom
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt R.J. Tinsley
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt C.E. Harris
MUG  Sgt D. Hannah
RG   Sgt J.G. De la Mothe

NOTES:

Target: Coastal gun battery. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 15 or 16x 500lb bombs. The attack was part of the plan to deceive the Germans that the forthcoming invasion was to be in this area, and not Normandy.

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