CREW MEMBER PROFILE

Surname:

VINE

First Name/s:

Henry William "Harry"

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Service No/s:

1604526

Service:

RAFVR

Branch:

Navigator

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SERVICE RECORDS

Date

Event

Aircraft Flown
25 Nov 1943

Joined 576 Sqn at Elsham Wolds, Linconshire

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14 Feb 1945

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576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS

Date

Aircraft

Code

Flight Details

T/O

Land

Flt Time

Crew

07 Jul 1944

LL799

UL-N2

CAEN

1910

2325

4h15

P1   Sqn Ldr S. Slater
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Flt Sgt J.M.W. Pasley
NAV  Sgt H.W. Vine
WOp  Sgt P. Harris TBC
MUG  Flt Sgt C.R. Anthony
RG   Plt Off E. Parker

NOTES:

Target: Enemy armour strongpoint and stores on the northern outskirts of Caen. Flown in support of the Anglo-Canadian ground forces attacking the town (Operation CHARNWOOD) Load: 11x1000lb 'cookie', 4x 500lb bombs.

18 Jul 1944

LL799

UL-N2

SCHOLVEN/BUER

2255

0305

4h10

P1   Sqn Ldr S. Slater
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Plt Off J.M.W. Pasley
NAV  Sgt H.W. Vine
WOp  Sgt P. Harris TBC
MUG  Flt Sgt C.R. Anthony
RG   Fg Off E. Parker

NOTES:

Target: Synthetic oil refinery near Gelsenkirchen Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 10x 500lb bombs.

23 Jul 1944

LL799

UL-N2

KIEL

2215

0330

5h15

P1   Sqn Ldr S. Slater
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Plt Off J.M.W. Pasley
NAV  Sgt H.W. Vine
WOp  Sgt P. Harris TBC
MUG  Flt Sgt C.R. Anthony
RG   Fg Off E. Parker

NOTES:

Target: German Navy base, canal, and harbour Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 8x 500lb bombs, 5x 500lb ‘J’ Type incendiary cluster or, 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs.

25 Jul 1944

LL799

UL-N2

STUTTGART

2120

0540

8h20

P1   Flt Sgt S. Slater
P2   
FE   Sgt H.R. Piper
AB   Plt Off J.M.W. Pasley
NAV  Sgt H.W. Vine
WOp  Sgt P. Harris TBC
MUG  Flt Sgt C.R. Anthony
RG   Fg Off E. Parker

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 2000lb bomb, 12x cluster bombs, each containing 14x 30lb ‘J’-Type incendiaries

07 Aug 1944

JB555

UL-R2

Training

1100

1300

2h00

P1   Fg Off E.A. Cartwright
P2   
FE   Sgt M.J.C. Cawston
AB   Sgt H.R.T. Baker
NAV  Sgt H.W. Vine
WOp  Sgt T. Beardmore
MUG  Sgt P. O’Sullivan
RG   

NOTES:

'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise

14 Feb 1945

UL-Q2

CHEMNITZ OPERATION THUNDERCLAP - CITY

2000

0455

8h55

P1   Flt Lt C.D. Thieme
P2   
FE   Sgt K. Wallis
AB   WO J.H. Lowing RAAF
NAV  Flt Sgt H.W. Vine
WOp  Flt Sgt C.B. Robinson RAAF
MUG  Flt Sgt L.C. O’Brien RAAF
RG   Sgt C.H. Crouch

NOTES:

Load: B, C, F, J, K, N: 1x 2000lb, 1478x 4lb incendiaries L: 1x 2000lb, 1650x 4lb incebdiaries All other a/c: 1x 4000lb, 1170x 4lb incendiaries

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