CREW MEMBER PROFILE |
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Surname: |
BRINKWORTH |
First Name/s: |
G W |
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Service No/s: |
R172307 |
Service: |
RCAF |
Branch: |
Air Bomber |
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Awards: |
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SERVICE RECORDS |
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Date |
Event |
Aircraft Flown |
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31 May 1944 |
No.11 Base, Lindholme, Lincolnshire, administrative base for No.1 Group heavy bomber training. |
Halifax |
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25 Jul 1944 |
No.576 Squadron, 'B' Flight, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire. |
Lancaster |
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05 Feb 1945 |
Set Rank from Flight Record |
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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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10 Aug 1944 |
JA868 |
UL-T2 |
PARIS (DUGNY) |
0925 |
1430 |
5h05 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Aviation fuel storage depot. Load: 3x 1000lb, 4x500lb bombs. The bomber force was allocated a Spitfire escort for this operation. Forced to land at an as yet unidentified aerodrome due to shortage of fuel. |
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10 Aug 1944 |
JA868 |
UL-T2 |
Return to Elsham Wolds |
nk |
nk |
nk |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Return from unknown aerodrome to base |
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11 Aug 1944 |
JA868 |
UL-T2 |
DOUAI |
1350 |
1750 |
4h00 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs |
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14 Aug 1944 |
JA868 |
UL-T2 |
FONTAINE LE PIN |
1340 |
1730 |
4h40 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Enemy positions in Normandy battle area. Flown in support of the 3rd Canadian Division which was advancing on Falaise. Load: 20x 500lb bombs. |
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15 Aug 1944 |
JA868 |
UL-T2 |
LE CULOT (BEAUVECHAIN) |
1005 |
1335 |
3h30 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Luftwaffe night fighter base. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. |
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25 Aug 1944 |
JA868 |
UL-T2 |
RUSSELSHEIM |
2010 |
0510 |
9h00 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Opel factory for aircraft wings and fuselages, and built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 12x500 4lb incendiary clusters. |
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26 Aug 1944 |
JA868 |
UL-T2 |
KIEL |
1950 |
0150 |
6h00 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Naval Installations. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 108x 30lb and 1170x 4lb incendiaries. |
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29 Aug 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
STETTIN |
2105 |
0555 |
8h50 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Port area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 60x 30lb and 660x 4lb incendiaries. |
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31 Aug 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
AGENVILLE |
1250 |
1650 |
4h00 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: V1 ‘flying bomb’ supply site. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. Provided with a Spitfire escort. |
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05 Sep 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
LE HAVRE |
1650 |
2010 |
3h20 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Enemy strongpoints and pockets of resistance. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. |
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06 Sep 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
LE HAVRE |
1710 |
2040 |
3h30 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Enemy strongpoints and pockets of resistance. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x500lb bombs. Instructed by the Master Bomber to return with bombs. |
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08 Sep 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
LE HAVRE |
0705 |
1025 |
3h-5 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Enemy strongpoints to the north of the town & pockets of resistance. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. Ten aircraft were allocated Aiming Point 12, and five aircraft allocated Aiming Point 13. It is not clear which aiming point the Ridge crew were allocated. The Master Bomber instructed crews who had not bombed to return with their bombs due to increasing low cloud cover over the target. The Ridge crew suffered an R/T failure so did not receive the Master Bomber's orders. They made four orbits of the target, descending to 3000’ to bomb. |
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10 Sep 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
LE HAVRE |
1635 |
2005 |
4h-35 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Enemy strongpoint ½ mile southwest of the Forêt de Montgeon. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x500lb bombs. |
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12 Sep 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
FRANKFURT |
1800 |
0140 |
7h:4 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 14x Type 14 incendiary clusters, 120 4lb incendiaries. Returned on 3 engines (reason not known). The 13 Sep 44 Elsham Wolds Station Narrative states: ‘The Squadrons returned to base well on time, F/O Ridge on his customary 3 engines. It is hoped to convert this crew to 4-engined flying shortly.’ |
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16 Sep 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
LEEUWARDEN |
0025 |
0350 |
3h-25 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Luftwaffe Airfield (flown in support of Operation MARKET GARDEN). Load: 20x 500lb bombs. |
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17 Sep 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN) |
1620 |
1905 |
3h-20 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Enemy gun position to the north of the town. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. |
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27 Sep 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
CALAIS |
0850 |
1150 |
3h00 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Enemy fortifications between marshalling yards and the Canal de Calais. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. |
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28 Sep 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
CALAIS |
0750 |
1045 |
2h55 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Military Installations to the southeast of the town. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. The target obscured by cloud so the Master Bomber instructed crews to return to base with their bombs. |
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07 Oct 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
EMMERICH |
1140 |
1555 |
4h15 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Enemy strong point within the built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb & 2520x 4lb incendiaries. Crews were diverted on return to due to low cloud at Elsham; only five aircraft landed at base, the others landed at Sandtoft or Lindholme. It is believed that the Ridge crew managed to land at Elsham. |
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12 Oct 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
FORT FREDERIK HENDRIK, BRESKENS |
0625 |
0920 |
2h55 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Coastal battery (the 1st aiming point from the raid on 11 Oct). Load: 13x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs. Hit by flak which severed the bomb-release lead just after the last bomb had fallen. The Elsham Station Narrative for 12 Oct 44 stated: 'Ridge and crew have a lucky escape as flak cuts the bombing lead just after their last bomb is released.' |
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14 Oct 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
DUISBERG |
0605 |
1105 |
5h00 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: four Aiming Points (mines and coke ovens) in the Hamborn district. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’ and 2,212x 4lb incendiaries. Flown in support of Operation HURRICANE. |
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14 Oct 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
DUISBERG |
2230 |
0345 |
5h15 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area to the north of the docks. Load: B2,K2,M2: 1x 4000lb, 2,732x 4lb incendiaries Flown in support of Operation HURRICANE. |
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19 Oct 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
STUTTGART |
2115 |
0345 |
6h30 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: The Robert Bosche works (second wave of the attack). Load: 9x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. |
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23 Oct 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
ESSEN |
1555 |
2115 |
5h20 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up and industrial areas (including the Krupps works). Load: 11x 1000lb & 4x 500lb bombs. |
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25 Oct 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
ESSEN |
1235 |
1720 |
4h45 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Two Aiming Points within the Krupps works. Load: 11x 1,000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. |
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28 Oct 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
COLOGNE |
1315 |
1805 |
4h50 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Two Aiming Points: the Mulheim district of Cologne, and the southwestern part of the city. Load: 1x 4,000lb 'cookie', 5x 1,000lb, 6x 500lb bombs. Six aircraft were scheduled to attack Mulheim first, followed by the rest on the second Aiming Point. It is not known which Aiming Point as given to the Ridge crew. |
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30 Oct 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
COLOGNE |
1715 |
2305 |
5h50 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Built up areas on the northwestern part of the city. Load: 1x 4,000lb 'cookie', 6x 1,000lb, 6x 500lb bombs. |
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31 Oct 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
Elsham Wolds to Fiskerton |
nk |
nk |
nk |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Transit from Elsham to the Squadron's new home at Fiskerton. Along with the Squadron's Gunnery Leader, Flt Lt Petersen, RAAF, the crew also carried two groundcrew as passengers, 1235821 Leslie Sidney Francis Hatley, Flight Mechanic Airframe (FMA), and 1820912 Thomas Alexander Dent, Flight Mechanic Engines (FME). |
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02 Nov 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
DUSSELDORF |
1600 |
2100 |
5h00 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Northern built-up area of the city. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 6x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs. |
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16 Nov 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
DUREN |
1240 |
1715 |
4h35 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Enemy positions and lines of communication. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 6x 1000lb, 7 or 6x 500lb bombs. Landed back at Fiskerton with the aid of FIDO. Flown in support of the American 1st and 9th Armies. |
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14 Jan 1945 |
PD271 |
*UL-T2 |
MERSEBURG – LEUNA |
1935 |
0310 |
7h35 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: IG Farbenindustrie synthetic oil refinery. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 12x 500lb bombs |
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22 Jan 1945 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
DUISBERG |
1640 |
2220 |
5h40 |
P1 Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge |
NOTES: |
Target: Steelwork coking ovens & rolling mills in the Hamborn area of the city, and a benzol plant in Bruckhausen. It is unclear which Aiming Point was allocated to this crew. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs. Port outer engine failed; the skipper was unable to maintain height and had to bomb short of their allocated target. Crew screened from operations. |
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