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BARTON

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Date

Event

Aircraft Flown

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25 Nov 1943

Joined 576 Sqn at Elsham Wolds, Linconshire

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576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS

Date

Aircraft

Code

Flight Details

T/O

Land

Flt Time

Crew

LL799

UL-N2

AULNOYE

2350

0420

4h30

P1   Flt Off C. Sawyer USAAF
P2   
FE   Sgt G.H. Barton
AB   Sgt F.V. McCullough RCAF
NAV  Sgt E.M. Benoit RCAF
WOp  Sgt G.R. Pickup
MUG  Sgt R.J. Bradley RCAF
RG   Sgt A.L. Simpson RCAF

NOTES:

Target: Road and rail bridge near the marshalling yards at Aulnoye-Aymeries. Low cloud obscured the Target Indicators however this crew successfully bombed at 0148 from 8,000 ft. Pickup: 'Uneventful'.

04 Jun 1944

ME811

UL-S2

Training

2250

0225

3h35

P1    C. Sawyer USAAF
P2   
FE   Sgt G.H. Barton
AB   Sgt F.V. McCullough RCAF
NAV  Sgt E.M. Benoit RCAF
WOp  Sgt G.R. Pickup
MUG  Sgt R.J. Bradley RCAF
RG   Sgt A.L. Simpson RCAF

NOTES:

Night cross-country navigation

07 Jun 1944

ME800

UL-W2

Training

1605

2000

3h55

P1   Flt Off C. Sawyer USAAF
P2   
FE   Sgt G.H. Barton
AB   Sgt F.V. McCullough RCAF
NAV  Sgt E.M. Benoit RCAF
WOp  Sgt G.R. Pickup
MUG  Sgt R.J. Bradley RCAF
RG   Sgt A.L. Simpson RCAF

NOTES:

Cross-country navigation.

09 Jun 1944

LL799

UL-N2

FLERS

0105

0630

5h25

P1   Flt Off C. Sawyer USAAF
P2   
FE   Sgt G.H. Barton
AB   Sgt F.V. McCullough RCAF
NAV  Sgt E.M. Benoit RCAF
WOp  Sgt G.R. Pickup
MUG  Sgt R.J. Bradley RCAF
RG   Sgt A.L. Simpson RCAF

NOTES:

Target: Enemy airfield. Bombed at 0325 from 3,000 ft. Pickup described the raid as 'Uneventful'

11 Jun 1944

LL799

UL-N2

Training

1900

2105

2h05

P1   Flt Off C. Sawyer USAAF
P2   
FE   Sgt G.H. Barton
AB   Sgt F.V. McCullough RCAF
NAV  Sgt E.M. Benoit RCAF
WOp  Sgt G.R. Pickup
MUG  Sgt R.J. Bradley RCAF
RG   Sgt A.L. Simpson RCAF

NOTES:

Air-to-sea firing; high-level bombing on the Lea Marsh Range.

12 Jun 1944

LL799

UL-N2

GELSENKIRCHEN

2300

0400

5h00

P1   Flt Off C. Sawyer USAAF
P2   
FE   Sgt G.H. Barton
AB   Sgt F.V. McCullough RCAF
NAV  Sgt E.M. Benoit RCAF
WOp  Sgt G.R. Pickup
MUG  Sgt R.J. Bradley RCAF
RG   Sgt A.L. Simpson RCAF

NOTES:

Target: Gelsenberg AG synthetic oil plant at Nordstern . Bombed at 0106 from 19,000 ft. Pickup: 'Medium & heavy flak. Bags of S/Ls (searchlights). No fighters seen. Good show!'

16 Jun 1944

LL799

UL-N2

STERKRADE

2325

0155

2h30

P1   Flt Off C. Sawyer USAAF
P2   
FE   Sgt G.H. Barton
AB   Sgt F.V. McCullough RCAF
NAV  Sgt E.M. Benoit RCAF
WOp  Sgt G.R. Pickup
MUG  Sgt R.J. Bradley RCAF
RG   Sgt A.L. Simpson RCAF

NOTES:

Target: Ruhr-Chemie AG synthetic oil plant at Holten. Abortive and returned early nav equipment u/s.

17 Jun 1944

LL799

UL-N2

AULNOYE

2350

0420

4h30

P1   Flt Off C. Sawyer USAAF
P2   
FE   Sgt G.H. Barton
AB   Sgt F.V. McCullough RCAF
NAV  Sgt E.M. Benoit RCAF
WOp  Sgt G.R. Pickup
MUG  Sgt R.J. Bradley RCAF
RG   Sgt A.L. Simpson RCAF

NOTES:

Target: Road and rail bridge near the marshalling yards at Aulnoye-Aymeries. Most crews returned with their bombs due to low cloud obscuring the Target Indicators, however this crew bombed successfully at 0148 from 8,000 ft. Pickup: 'Uneventful'.

22 Jun 1944

LM122

UL-X2

MIMOYECQUES

1410

1730

3h20

P1   Flt Off C. Sawyer USAAF
P2   
FE   Sgt G.H. Barton
AB   Sgt F.V. McCullough RCAF
NAV  Sgt E.M. Benoit RCAF
WOp  Sgt G.R. Pickup
MUG  Sgt R.J. Bradley RCAF
RG   Sgt A.L. Simpson RCAF

NOTES:

Target: V3 cannon construction site. Bombed at 1548 from 19,000 ft. Pickup: 'Bags of flak. No fighters. Otherwise uneventful'.

25 Jun 1944

ME735

U2

FLERS

0145

0535

3h50

P1   Flt Off C. Sawyer USAAF
P2   
FE   Sgt G.H. Barton
AB   Sgt F.V. McCullough RCAF
NAV  Sgt E.M. Benoit RCAF
WOp  Sgt G.R. Pickup
MUG  Sgt R.J. Bradley RCAF
RG   Sgt A.L. Simpson RCAF

NOTES:

Target: V1 flying bomb launch site. Bombed at 0320 from 15,000 ft. Pickup: 'S/L & flak. Fighters G/C (ground controlled?). Uneventful'.

27 Jun 1944

ME800

UL-W2

CHATEAU DE BERNAPRE

0140

0540

4h00

P1   Flt Off C. Sawyer USAAF
P2   
FE   Sgt G.H. Barton
AB   Sgt F.V. McCullough RCAF
NAV  Sgt E.M. Benoit RCAF
WOp  Sgt G.R. Pickup
MUG  Sgt R.J. Bradley RCAF
RG   Sgt A.L. Simpson RCAF

NOTES:

Target: V1 flying bomb launch site. Bombed at 0335 from 8,000 ft. Pickup: 'S/L & slight flak. 2 fighters evaded - unidentified twin engines'.

29 Jun 1944

ME735

U2

DOMLEGER

1140

1515

3h35

P1   Flt Off C. Sawyer USAAF
P2   
FE   Sgt G.H. Barton
AB   Sgt F.V. McCullough RCAF
NAV  Sgt E.M. Benoit RCAF
WOp  Sgt G.R. Pickup
MUG  Sgt R.J. Bradley RCAF
RG   Sgt A.L. Simpson RCAF

NOTES:

Target: V1 flying bomb storage and supply depot. Bombed at 1332 from 12,000 ft. Pickup: 'Sporadic heavy flak, otherwise uneventful'.

30 Jun 1944

ME735

U2

OISEMONT / NEUVILLE AU BOIS

0605

1015

4h10

P1   Flt Off C. Sawyer USAAF
P2   
FE   Sgt G.H. Barton
AB   Sgt F.V. McCullough RCAF
NAV  Sgt E.M. Benoit RCAF
WOp  Sgt G.R. Pickup
MUG  Sgt R.J. Bradley RCAF
RG   Sgt A.L. Simpson RCAF

NOTES:

Target: V1 flying bomb site. Bombed at 0758 from 13,000 ft. Pickup: '10/10ths cloud. Uneventful. Slight heavy flak'.

29 Aug 1944

ME801

UL-C2

STETTIN

2110

0550

8h00

P1   Fg Off J. MacDonald
P2   Plt Off K.A. Moore
FE   Sgt G.H. Barton
AB   Sgt J.S. Pym
NAV  
WOp  Sgt J. Thompson
MUG  Sgt J.F.F. McDonald RCAF
RG   Sgt K.A. Grant RCAF

NOTES:

Target: Port Area V1 Flying Bomb Launch Site Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs

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