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Lancaster Mk. I

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BERLIN

WO T.J. Bassett

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries. Returned early due engine failure. Whilst crossing the North Sea, the rear gunner complained of the lack of oxygen. To afford the gunner some relief, the skipper descended to a lower altitude and continued on to the target. When approaching the target area, one of the engines became unserviceable and had to be feathered.

LEIPZIG

WO C.C. Rollins

Built-up Area Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries

BERLIN

Fg Off G.S. Morgan

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries

FRANKFURT

Fg Off G.S. Morgan

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30 lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries

BERLIN

Fg Off G.S. Morgan

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries Attacked by a Bf-109 but did not return fire. No 'Boozer' warning received

BERLIN

Fg Off G.S. Morgan

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000ln 'Cookie', 56x 30 lb and 1,032x 4lb incendiaries The crew were accompanied by a Sergeant B Frazier, a US Army correspondent for 'Yank' Magazine who wrote a comprehensive narrative of the raid

BERLIN

Fg Off G.S. Morgan

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries Diverted to Wittering due to poor weather at base

BERLIN

Sgt D.G. Mann

Target: Built-up Area.

STETTIN

Flt Lt C.A.B. Johnson

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries

BRUNSWICK

Fg Off G.S. Morgan

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries

BERLIN

Fg Off G.S. Morgan

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries

MAGDEBURG

Fg Off G.S. Morgan

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries

AIR TEST

Sgt F.B. Gipson

BERLIN

Plt Off E.H. Childs

Target: Built-up area. COMBAT

BERLIN

Sgt R.R. Reed

Target: Built-up area

FRANKFURT

Flt Sgt W.A. Scheerboom

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 108x 30lb and 1062x 4lb incendiaries.

ESSEN

Flt Sgt C.G. Wearmouth

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 108x 30lb and 1170x 4lb incendiaries On the way to the target, over the sea, the starboard inner engine failed but the attack was pressed with three engines at 18,000 ft. Attacked by two Ju-88s to the south of Lille but suffered no damage On the way home, a second engine failed. The crew picked up a Mosquito escort, who saw them safely to their diversion of West Malling, landing on the two remaining engines. A safe landing was made with no injuries to any of the crew

ESSEN

Flt Lt R.M. Crowther

Target: Built-up area around the Krupps works. Bombed from 19,000 ft.

COLOGNE

Flt Lt R.M. Crowther

Target: Mulheim and southern part of Cologne. Did not take off due to R/T and W/T failure.

COLOGNE

Flt Lt R.M. Crowther

Target: North-western area of the city.

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