CREW MEMBER PROFILE

Surname:

WYNNE

First Name/s:

Laurence Edward Bumfrey "Laurie"

Service No/s:

1595860

Service:

RAFVR

Branch:

Flight Engineer

Awards:

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SERVICE RECORDS

Date

Event

Aircraft Flown
27 Dec 1943

Enlisted at Weston-super-Mare (tbc) as Aircraftsman Second Class (AC2), aged 18.

05 Apr 1944

Set Rank from Flight Record

01 Jul 1944

No.4 School of Technical Training, St Athan, Glamorgan. Precise date of posting tbc. Course completed on 13 Sep 44.

01 Sep 1944

No.71 Base, Lindholme, Yorkshire; administrative HQ for No.7 Group heavy bomber conversions. Precise date tbc.

02 Sep 1944

No.1667 Heavy Conversion Unit, Sandtoft, Yorkshire. Joins the S K Harvey crew as Flight Engineer. Precise date of posting tbc.

Halifax
26 Nov 1944

Lancaster Finishing School, 'D' Flight No.1667 Heavy Conversion Unit, Sandtoft

Lancaster
15 Dec 1944

No.625 Squadron, 'C' Flight, Kelstern, Lincolnshire.
Operations (22): S K Harvey (19), D E J Chalkley (1), K L Trent (1), and H D McPhail, RCAF (1) crews
21 Dec 44 - Bonn (Chalkley)
24 Dec 44 - Cologne
27 Dec 44 - Rjeydt; landed Bungay
28 Dec 44 - Monchengladbach
29 Dec 44 - Gelsenkirchen
06 Jan 45 - Hanover
07 Jan 45 - Munich (Trent)
07 Feb 45 - Kleve (McPhail)
13 Feb 45 - Dresden
14 Feb 45 - Chemnitz
20 Feb 45 - Dortmund
21 Feb 45 - Duisberg
23 Feb 45 - Pforzheim
28 Feb 45 - Neuss; DNCO: recalled
01 Mar 45 - Mannheim
15 Mar 45 - Misburg
16 Mar 45 - Nuremburg
21 Mar 45 - Brachstrasse
23 Mar 45 - Bremen
25 Mar 45 - Hanover
31 Mar 45 - Hamburg
03 Apr 44 - Nordhausen
04 Apr 44 - Lutzkendorf; abortive (reason n/k)

Lancaster
05 Apr 1945

No.576 Squadron 'C' Flight, Fiskerton. Moved with crew.

Lancaster

576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS

Date

Aircraft

Code

Flight Details

T/O

Land

Flt Time

Crew

05 Apr 1944

ME862

UL-J2

Kelstern to Fiskerton

nk

nk

0h25

P1   Fg Off S.K. Harvey
P2   
FE   Sgt L.E.B. Wynne
AB   Fg Off T. Bradshaw - Isherwood
NAV  Flt Sgt A.E. Parker
WOp  Flt Sgt H. Green
MUG  Sgt C. Wise
RG   Sgt W.F. Holiday

NOTES:

Positioning flight to Fiskerton to form the new 'C' Flight of 576 Squadron.

09 Apr 1945

ME862

UL-J2

KIEL

1855

0120

6h25

P1   Fg Off S.K. Harvey
P2   
FE   Sgt L.E.B. Wynne
AB   AC2 T. Bradshaw - Isherwood
NAV  Flt Sgt A.E. Parker
WOp  Flt Sgt H. Green
MUG  Sgt C. Wise
RG   Sgt W.F. Holiday

NOTES:

Target: Shipping, the Deutsche-Werke U-boat yard & the industrial centre on the East side of Kiel Harbour. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’ and 16x 500lb bombs. The German heavy cruiser 'Admiral Scheer' was sunk at her moorings on this attack.

10 Apr 1945

ME862

UL-J2

PLAUEN

1805

0240

8h35

P1   Fg Off S.K. Harvey
P2   
FE   Sgt L.E.B. Wynne
AB   AC2 T. Bradshaw - Isherwood
NAV  Flt Sgt A.E. Parker
WOp  Flt Sgt H. Green
MUG  Sgt C. Wise
RG   Sgt W.F. Holiday

NOTES:

Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 10x 500lb bombs.

12 Apr 1945

NG418

Ul-E2

Training

nk

nk

2h05

P1   Fg Off S.K. Harvey
P2   
FE   Sgt L.E.B. Wynne
AB   AC2 T. Bradshaw - Isherwood
NAV  Flt Sgt A.E. Parker
WOp  Flt Sgt H. Green
MUG  Sgt C. Wise
RG   Sgt W.F. Holiday

NOTES:

Low level map-reading cross-country navigation exercise.

14 Apr 1945

ME862

*UL-J2

CUXHAVEN

1930

0045

5h15

P1   Fg Off S.K. Harvey
P2   
FE   Sgt L.E.B. Wynne
AB   AC2 T. Bradshaw - Isherwood
NAV  Flt Sgt A.E. Parker
WOp  Flt Sgt H. Green
MUG  Sgt C. Wise
RG   Sgt W.F. Holiday

NOTES:

Target: Harbour area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs Flown as a diversion for the Main Force attack on Potsdam.

26 Apr 1945

PA176

UL-H2

Training

nk

nk

0h30

P1    F. Harvey
P2   
FE   Sgt L.E.B. Wynne
AB    T. Bradshaw - Isherwood
NAV   A.E. Parker
WOp   H. Green
MUG  Sgt C. Wise
RG   Sgt W.F. Holiday

NOTES:

Practice sack dropping in preparation for Operation MANNA.

26 Apr 1945

PA176

UL-H2

Training

nk

nk

0h30

P1    S.K. Harvey
P2   
FE   Sgt L.E.B. Wynne
AB    T. Bradshaw - Isherwood
NAV   A.E. Parker
WOp   H. Green
MUG  Sgt C. Wise
RG   Sgt W.F. Holiday

NOTES:

Sack dropping. Practice for Operation MANNA.

29 Apr 1945

ME862

UL-J2

VALKENBURG AIRFIELD

1145

1425

2h40

P1    S.K. Harvey
P2   
FE   Sgt L.E.B. Wynne
AB   Fg Off T. Bradshaw - Isherwood
NAV  Flt Sgt A.E. Parker
WOp  Flt Sgt H. Green
MUG  Sgt C. Wise
RG   Sgt W.F. Holiday

NOTES:

Operation MANNA; the dropping of emergency supplies to the starving Dutch people. Load: 4 'blocks'.

30 Apr 1945

PA175

UL-K2

DELFT AIRFIELD

1455

1820

3h25

P1    S.K. Harvey
P2   
FE   Sgt L.E.B. Wynne
AB   Fg Off T. Bradshaw - Isherwood
NAV  Flt Sgt A.E. Parker
WOp  Flt Sgt H. Green
MUG  Sgt C. Wise
RG   Sgt W.F. Holiday

NOTES:

Operation MANNA; the dropping of emergency supplies to the starving Dutch people. Load: 3 'blocks'

02 May 1945

ME862

UL-J2

ROTTERDAM

1255

1535

2h40

P1   Fg Off S.K. Harvey
P2   
FE   Sgt L.E.B. Wynne
AB   Fg Off T. Bradshaw - Isherwood
NAV  Flt Sgt A.E. Parker
WOp  Flt Sgt H. Green
MUG  Sgt C. Wise
RG   Sgt W.F. Holiday

NOTES:

Operation MANNA. Dropping emergency supplies to the starving Dutch people. Load: 4 'blocks'.

03 May 1945

ME862

UL-J2

VALKENBURG AIRFIELD

1015

1310

2h55

P1   Fg Off S.K. Harvey
P2   
FE   Sgt L.E.B. Wynne
AB   Fg Off T. Bradshaw - Isherwood
NAV  Flt Sgt A.E. Parker
WOp  Flt Sgt H. Green
MUG  Sgt C. Wise
RG   Sgt W.F. Holiday

NOTES:

Operation MANNA. Dropping emergency supplies to the starving Dutch people. Load: 4 'blocks'. The aircraft's tailplane damaged when dropping the blocks - a not uncommon occurrence.

04 May 1945

PA175

UL-K2

VALKENBURG AIRFIELD

1125

1410

2h45

P1   Fg Off S.K. Harvey
P2   
FE   Sgt L.E.B. Wynne
AB   Flt Lt N. Fisher
NAV  Flt Sgt A.E. Parker
WOp  Flt Sgt H. Green
MUG  Sgt C. Wise
RG   Sgt W.F. Holiday

NOTES:

Operation MANNA. Dropping emergency supplies to the starving Dutch population. Load: 4 'blocks'. Following this operation, the crew were 'screened' from operations, their tour completed.

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