NG119

Lancaster Mk. I

A. V. Roe

a/c 1807

Merlin 38

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LUDFORD MAGNA TO ELSHAM WOLDS

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Delivery flight – new aircraft.

CAP GRIS-NEZ

Plt Off K.A. Moore

Target: Troops and coastal battery of 6” guns. Hammond diary: “13x 1000lb & 4x 500lb. Troops and gun positions. See many German soldiers. No opposition. Piece of cake”.

CALAIS

Plt Off K.A. Moore

Target: Military Installations to SE of the town Weather U/S Target obscured by cloud. MB instructed crews RTB with bombs DNCO

WESTKAPELLE

Plt Off K.A. Moore

Target: Walcheren Island sea wall (in support of Operation INFATUATE) Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 8x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs

SAARBRUCKEN

Plt Off K.A. Moore

Target: Marshalling Yards Diverted Wratting Common due to fog at base Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 14x 4lb incendiary clusters

WRATTING COMMON - ELSHAM WOLDS

Plt Off K.A. Moore

Return from diversion

EMMERICH

Fg Off D.E. Till

Enemy strong point within the built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ & 2520x 4lb incendiaries Aircraft diverted on the return due to low cloud at base – only 5 aircraft landed at Elsham, the others (including the Till crew - Sandtoft) landed at Sandtoft or Lindholme.

SANDTOFT TO BASE

Fg Off D.E. Till

Return from diversion.

WRATTING COMMON-BASE

Plt Off K.A. Moore

Wratting Common-Base. Crew not known (not in Goodes or Miller log books)

DUISBERG

Fg Off G.H. Hardman

Operation HURRICANE. Target: Mines and coke ovens in the Hamborn area of the city. Hit by flak. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 108x 30lb & 1170x 4lb incendiaries

STUTTGART

Plt Off K.A. Moore

Target: Robert Bosche works (second wave) Load: F2,G2,K2,N2,Q2,Y2,Z2: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ & 1,800x 4lb incendiaries. All other a/c: 9x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs

ESSEN

Plt Off K.A. Moore

Target: Residential & industrial areas, including the Krupps works. Load: B2,J2,N2,Z2: 1x 4000lb and 2220x 4lb incendiaries. All other a/c: 11x 1000lb & 4x 500lb bombs.

ESSEN

Plt Off K.A. Moore

Target: 2 aiming points in the Krupps Works. Load: B2, J2, N2, Z2: 1x 4,000lb, 2,220x 4lb incendiaries. All other aircraft: 11x 1,000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

COLOGNE

Plt Off K.A. Moore

Target: 2 aiming points (AP): Mulheim and the SW part of the city. Bombed "Last Resort Target", a very large factory 5 miles SW of Cologne.. Load: A2, B2, C2, F2, G2, N2: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 2,332x 4lb incendiaries. All other aircraft: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 5x 1,000lb, 6x 500lb bombs 6 aircraft were scheduled to attack the Mulheim AP first, followed by the rest on the second AP.

COLOGNE

Plt Off K.A. Moore

Target: NW area of the city. Load: F2, G2, I2, J2, M2, R2: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 2070x 4lb incendiaries. All other aircraft: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 6x 1,000lb, 6x 500lb bombs.

DUSSELDORF

Fg Off K.A. Moore

Target: Northern built-up area of the city. First operation out of Fiskerton. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 6x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs.

BOCHUM

Fg Off K.A. Moore

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb, 6x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs.

GELSENKIRCHEN

Fg Off K.A. Moore

Target: Nordstern synthetic oil plant. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 6x 1000lb, 6 or 7x 500lb bombs.

WANNE-EICKEL

Plt Off R.S. Bastick

Target: Synthetic oil plant. Bombed at 20,000 ft. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 16x 500lb bombs

DORTMUND

Fg Off K.A. Moore

Target: Hoesch Benzin GmbH Synthetic Oil Plant. Load: J2, Q2: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, ?x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs. All other aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 6x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs

DUREN

Fg Off K.A. Moore

Target: Enemy positions & lines of communication (in support of American 1st & 9th Armies). Load: 1x 4000lb, 6x 1000lb, 7 or 6x 500lb bombs. FIDO deployed (a fog dispersal system at Fiskerton to aid returning aircraft to land).

WANNE-EICKEL

Fg Off K.A. Moore

Target: Krupps synthetic oil plant. Diverted to Great Ashfield due to poor visibility at base. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs Most aircraft diverted to Bury St Edmunds or Tempsford due to poor visibility - only four Squadron aircraft landed at base. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs

GREAT ASHFIELD TO FISKERTON

Fg Off K.A. Moore

Return from diversion

ASCHAFFENBURG

Fg Off R.J. Callington

Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 16x 500lb bombs.

FREIBURG

Fg Off K.A. Moore

Target: Troop concentrations in built-up area (flown in support of French 1st Army) Second dickie for Fg Off Collins. Load: K2, Q2, R2, W2, Z2: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 2332x 4lb incendiaries. All other aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 5x 1000lb and 6x 500lb bombs.

DORTMUND

Fg Off R.S. Bastick

Target: Industrial and rail targets within the built-up area. Bombed at 14,000 ft. Hit by heavy flak which damaged the port inner engine. The shell burst between the port inner and the fuselage, which rendered the WOp, Sgt Gould, unconscious and causing severe ear damage for which he was was subsequently grounded. The port inner and one other engine had to be shut down and the aircraft was forced to return to Fiskerton on the remaining two engines. Load 1x 4000lb, 5x 1000lb, 7x 500lb bombs.

MERSEBURG / LEUNA

Fg Off K.A. Moore

Target: IG Farbenindustrie Synthetic Oil Refinery. Second dickie for Fg Off Pollard. Load: F2, I2, L2, P2, W2: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 3x 1000lb and 5x500lb bombs. A2, G2, Q2, R2, X2: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 3x 1000lb and 6x 500lb bombs Y2: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 10x 500lb bombs. B2, D2, J2: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 11x No.14 incendiary clusters and 120x 4lb incendiaries. C2, H2, K2, M2: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 12 x No.14 incendiary clusters and 120x 4lb incendiaries.

ESSEN

Fg Off K.A. Moore

Target: Krupp munitions factory; Rail centre. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 16x 500lb bombs.

MANNHEIM-LUDWIGSHAFEN

Fg Off K.A. Moore

Target: I.G. Farbenindustrie Chemical Works / Marshalling Yards / Oil Refinery. Load: J2: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 14x No.14 Incendiary Clusters, 120x 4lb incendiaries. All other aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 4x 1000lb, 7x 500lb bombs.

KOBLENZ

Fg Off K.A. Moore

Target: Marshalling Yards. Load: C2, H2, I2, O2, Z2: 1x 4000lb, 6x 1000lb and 6 or7x 500lb bombs. All other aircraft: 13x 1000lb bombs On return the Squadron was ordered to divert to Charterhall in Scotland due to poor weather across most of England. All aircraft landed at Charterhall except L2 and Y2 which landed at Manston, and T2 which landed at Carnaby.

CHARTERHALL - BASE

Fg Off K.A. Moore

Returned from diversion

BONN

Fg Off K.A. Moore

Target: Marshalling yards Second dickie for Fg Off Dalziel. Load: A2, J2: 8x 1000lb and 8x 500lb bombs. All other aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 6x 1000lb and 8x 500lb bombs.

SCHOLVEN / BUER

Fg Off C.J. Rouse

Target: Hydrierwerke Scholven synthetic oil refinery

NURNBERG

Fg Off K.A. Moore

Target: Marshalling Yards & Built-up Area. Load: C2, D2, J2, L2, O2, X2, Z2: 1x 4000lb, 1,598x 4lb incendiaries A2, F2, G2, H2, K2, Q2, V2, W2, Y2 1x4000lb, 14x 500 R2: 1x 4000lb, 4x 1000lb, 5x 500lb

ROYAN

Fg Off K.A. Moore

Target: Enemy garrison & supply depot (flown in support of the Free French forces besieging the town). Load: I2: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 15x 500lb bombs. All other a/c: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs.

MUNICH

Fg Off K.A. Moore

Target: Industrial and transport area. Load: C2, L2 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 1492x 4lb incendiaries. All other a/c 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 1320x 4lb incendiaries. Completed Tour. Moore Crew Screened from Ops

MERSEBURG / LEUNA

Fg Off C.J. Rouse

Target: IG Farbenindustrie synthetic oil refinery

ZEITZ - TROGLITZ

Flt Lt F.E. Dotten

Target: Braunkohle - Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant. Port outer failed - jettisoned bombs over enemy territory (14 mi SW Koblenz. Port inner failed on landing

TRAINING

Gp Capt T.J. Arbuthnot

C & L

STUTTGART (ZUFFENHAUSEN)

Flt Lt F.E. Dotten

Target: Hirth aero-engine factory & Bosch ignition works

LUDWIGSHAFEN

Flt Lt F.E. Dotten

Target: Marshalling yards, factories & troop positions

WIESBADEN

Fg Off R.C. Sowerbutts

Target: Built-up Area (where large amounts of troops were resting) - FTR

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