CREW MEMBER PROFILE |
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Surname: |
JOHNSTONE |
First Name/s: |
James |
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Service No/s: |
(1560866) 153834 |
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RAFVR |
Branch: |
NAV |
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Awards: |
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SERVICE RECORDS |
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Date |
Event |
Aircraft Flown |
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15 Oct 1943 |
Appointed to commission to be Plt Off on probation (emergency) from LAC (Gazetted 28 Dec 43, p5630) on award of flying badge |
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14 Mar 1944 |
No. 30 Operational Training Unit (OTU), No. 37 Course, Hixon, Staffordshire; joins Durrant crew. |
Wellington |
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15 Apr 1944 |
Plt Off on probation confirmed in appointment and to be Fg Off (war substantive) 15 Apr 44 (Gazetted 2 May 44, page 2060) |
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30 May 1944 |
No. 11 Base, Lindholme, Yorkshire; administrative Base for No. 1 Group heavy bomber conversions. |
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31 May 1944 |
No. 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU), Blyton, Lincolnshire OR No. 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU), Sandtoft, Yorkshire OR No. 1656 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU), Lindholme, Yorkshire tbc (Halifax/Lancaster tbc. Date tbc. |
Lancaster and or Halifax |
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01 Jul 1944 |
No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School, Hemswell, Lincolnshire (Lancaster) – only if Lancasters not flown on HCU tbc. Date tbc. |
Lancaster |
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28 Jul 1944 |
No. 576 Squadron, ‘A’ Flight, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Lancaster |
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23 Sep 1944 |
Neuss; lost in NN711 UL-L2, aged 21 |
Lancaster |
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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 |
LM227 |
UL-I2 |
DUGNY (PARIS) |
0920 |
1440 |
5h20 |
P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant |
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Aviation fuel storage depot. Spitfire escort. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x500lb bombs |
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11 Aug 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
DOUAI |
1400 |
1730 |
3h30 |
P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant |
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Marshalling Yards Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs Intercom u/s. |
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14 Aug 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
FONTAINE LE PIN BATTLE AREA |
1325 |
1730 |
4h05 |
P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant |
NOTES: |
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 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
LE CULOT (BEAUVECHAIN) |
1005 |
1405 |
4h00 |
P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant |
NOTES: |
Luftwaffe night fighter base Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs |
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18 Aug 1944 |
ME800 |
UL-W2 |
WEMAERS CAPPEL |
1945 |
2300 |
3h15 |
P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant |
NOTES: |
V1 Launching Site Load: 20x 500lb bombs Had to make 4 bombing runs. Damaged by flak |
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25 Aug 1944 |
LM594 |
UL-A2 |
RUSSELSHEIM |
2015 |
0520 |
9h05 |
P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant |
NOTES: |
Opel factory for V1 wings & fuselages & built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 12x500 4lb incendiary clusters. |
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29 Aug 1944 |
PD232 |
UL-F2 |
STETTIN |
2105 |
0635 |
nk |
P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant |
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Port Area Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 60x 30lb and 660x 4lb incendiaries Note: S D Thompson RAAF flew his ‘second dickie’ with one of these crews |
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03 Sep 1944 |
NN711 |
UL-L2 |
EINDHOVEN |
1535 |
1945 |
4h10 |
P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant |
NOTES: |
Luftwaffe airfield. Spitfire escort Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs One aircraft (unidentified) diverted due to weather. |
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05 Sep 1944 |
NN711 |
UL-L2 |
LE HAVRE |
DNTO |
nk |
N/A |
P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant |
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Enemy strongpoints & HQ in port area Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs Not bombed up in time. |
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06 Sep 1944 |
NN711 |
UL-L2 |
LE HAVRE |
1710 |
2000 |
2h50 |
P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant |
NOTES: |
Enemy strongpoints & pockets of resistance Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x500lb bombs |
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08 Sep 1944 |
NN711 |
UL-L2 |
LE HAVRE |
0640 |
1010 |
3h30 |
P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant |
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Enemy strongoints to the north of the town & pockets of resistance Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs 10 Aircraft allocated Aiming Point 12, 5 aircraft allocated Aiming Point 13 Master Bomber instructed crews who had not bombed to return with their bombs due to increasing low cloud cover. |
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10 Sep 1944 |
NN711 |
UL-L2 |
LE HAVRE |
1640 |
2035 |
3h55 |
P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant |
NOTES: |
Enemy strongpoint ½ mile SW of the Forêt de Montgeon Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x500lb bombs. Port surrenders. |
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12 Sep 1944 |
NN711 |
UL-L2 |
FRANKFURT |
1810 |
0200 |
7h50 |
P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant |
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Marshaling yards Load: A2 & D2: 10x 1000lb, 1x 500lb bombs All other a/c: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 14x Type 14 incendiary clusters, 120x 4lb incendiaries One aircraft (unidentified) bombed a Last Resort Target. |
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15 Sep 1944 |
NN711 |
UL-L2 |
PALLAU, POLWYSEP-HEL, & ARNHOLT |
2220 |
0435 |
6h15 |
P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant |
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Gardening *Mis-spelt in ORBs Load: A2 & B2: 4x 1800lb, 5x 1500lb mines All iother a/c: 4x 1800lb, 6x 1500lb mines Area ‘A’ PALLAU Pillau ‘Tangerine’ 2 a/c Area ‘B’ POLWYSEP HEL Gdynia ‘Spinach’ 6 a/c Area ‘C’ ARNHOLT Kattegat ‘Silverthorne’ 2/ac This aircraft Garden: Silverthorne (Anholt) |
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16 Sep 1944 |
NN711 |
UL-L2 |
LEEUWARDEN |
0040 |
0415 |
3h35 |
P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant |
NOTES: |
Luftwaffe Airfield (flown in support of Operation MARKET GARDEN) Load: 20x 500lb bombs. |
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20 Sep 1944 |
NN711 |
UL-L2 |
CALAIS (SANGATTE) |
1505 |
1840 |
3h35 |
P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant |
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Coastal guns & defences Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. |
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23 Sep 1944 |
NN711 |
UL-L2 |
NEUSS |
1850 |
FTR |
uk |
P1 Fg Off S.F. Durrant |
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Marshalling Yards Load: 12x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. Attacked by Oblt. Lothar Jarsch of 4./NJG2 at 2229 and at 3,500m (also claimed by a flak battery). Crashed at Kappelen, near Duisburg. All the crew were killed and buried initially at Kappelen Communal Cemetery and re-interred on 26 Oct 47 at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen. 30.F.13 ASLEEP IN GOD'S BEAUTIFUL GARDEN. TOO DEARLY LOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN |
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