AIRCRAFT PROFILE |
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Aircraft: |
JB410 |
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Lancaster Mk. I |
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AIRCRAFT HISTORY |
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Event |
Sqn Code |
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25 Nov 1943 |
Initial record to be updated when first event found |
UL-H2 |
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11 Nov 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-H |
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11 Nov 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-H2 |
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11 Nov 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-H2 |
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11 Nov 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-H2 |
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11 Nov 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-H2 |
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18 Nov 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-H2 |
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01 Mar 1945 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-G2 |
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576 Squadron OPERATIONS |
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Date |
Operation |
Captain |
Events |
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UL-H2 |
24 Sep 1944 |
CALAIS |
Fg Off G.H. Hardman |
Target: Enemy fortifications and heavy gun positions. Load: 13x 1000lb & 4x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-H2 |
02 Nov 1944 |
DUSSELDORF |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Target: The northern built-up area of the city. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 6x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs. Possibly damaged by flak (tbc). |
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UL-H2 |
09 Nov 1944 |
WANNE-EICKEL |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Target: Synthetic oil plant. Load: 1x 4000lb, 16x 500lb bombs. No.15 Base aircraft flew in in a loose but concentrated formation led by three aircraft in ‘V’ formation from the Sqn; H2 was one of those three. The formation broke up before bombing. |
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UL-H |
11 Nov 1944 |
DORTMUND |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Target: Hoesch Benzin GmbH synthetic oil plant. Load: 1x 4,000lb 'cookie', 6x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-H2 |
18 Nov 1944 |
WANNE-EICKEL |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Target: Krupps synthetic oil plant. 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. It is not known if the Acheson crew diverted or landed at Fiskerton. |
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UL-H2 |
21 Nov 1944 |
ASCHAFFENBURG |
Fg Off W.A. Randall |
Marshalling yards Master Bomber: Chatham 1 & 2 MF: Disrupt Last resort target: Upside Down |
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UL-H2 |
27 Nov 1944 |
FREIBURG |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Target: Troop concentrations in the built up area (flown in support of the French 1st Army) Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 5x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-H2 |
29 Nov 1944 |
DORTMUND |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Target: Industrial and rail targets within the built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 5x 1000lb, 7x 500lb bombs. No.15 Base aircraft flew in in a loose but concentrated formation led by three aircraft in ‘V’ formation from the Sqn; H2 was one of those three. The formation broke up before bombing. Hit by flak. The Rear Gunner Lewis was possibly wounded during this operation - tbc. His turret was badly damaged, and he suffered a shrapnel wound to his leg. There is no report of damage to the aircraft in the F78, although JB410 did not fly on the next operation on 03 December. |
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UL-H2 |
06 Dec 1944 |
MERSEBURG/LEUNA |
Fg Off I.R. Carter |
IG Farbenindustrie synthetic oil refinery 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 12 x No.14 incendiary clusters and 120x 4lb incendiaries |
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UL-H2 |
12 Dec 1944 |
ESSEN |
Fg Off H.F. Benson |
Target: Krupp munitions factory and the rail centre at 5126.5N 00701E. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie' and 16x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-H2 |
17 Dec 1944 |
ULM |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Target: Marshalling yards and the Magirius-Deutz & Kassbohrer lorry factories. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 1604x 4lb incendiaries. |
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UL-H2 |
22 Dec 1944 |
KOBLENZ |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 6x 1000lb, 6 or7x 500lb bombs On return the whole Squadron were ordered to divert to Charterhall due to poor weather over most of England. Three aircraft landed elsewhere but H2 successfully landed at Charterhall. |
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UL-H2 |
28 Dec 1944 |
BONN |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 6x 1000lb, 8x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-H2 |
29 Dec 1944 |
SCHOLVEN BUER |
Fg Off I.R. Carter |
Hydeierwerke Scholven synthetic oil refinery Load: 1x 4000lb, 16x 500lb bombs |
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UL-H2 |
31 Dec 1944 |
OSTERFIELD |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 6x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-H2 |
02 Jan 1945 |
NUREMBURG |
Fg Off B.H. O'Neill |
Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 1x4000lb 'cookie', 14x 500lb bombs. Described by O'Neill as 'Target quiet. Fighters on homeward journey - 2 sighted'. Sighted FW190 - no combat |
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UL-H2 |
05 Jan 1945 |
ROYAN |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Target: Enemy garrison & supply depot (flown in support of the Free French forces besieging the town). Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-H2 |
16 Jan 1945 |
ZEITZ-TROGLITZ |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Target: Braunkohle Benzin synthetic oil plant (low grade MT fuel). Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 12x 500lb bombs. Aircraft damaged by flak. |
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UL-H2 |
22 Jan 1945 |
DUISBERG |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Target: Steelwork coking ovens & rolling mills in the Hamborn area of the city and a benzol plant in Bruckhausen. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-H2 |
08 Feb 1945 |
POLITZ |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Target: The IG Farben synthetic oil plant at 5333.5N 01444.5E. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 10x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-H2 |
14 Feb 1945 |
CHEMNITZ |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Operation THUNDERCLAP. Target: built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb, 1170x 4lb incendiaries. |
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UL-H2 |
20 Feb 1945 |
DORTMUND |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Target: Rhenania Ossag oil refinery, in the Reisholz district. Load: 1x 2000lb bomb, 1846x 4lb incendiaries. |
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UL-H2 |
21 Feb 1945 |
DUISBERG |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Target: Built-up area and docks. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 1770x 4lb incendiaries |
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UL-H2 |
23 Feb 1945 |
PFORZHEIM |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Operation THUNDERCLAP. Target: Built-up area and ball-bearing factory around 4852N 00842E. Load 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 2480x 4lb incendiaries. |
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UL-G2 |
01 Mar 1945 |
MANNHEIM |
Flt Lt P. Sleight |
Built-up area Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb, 1770x 4lb incendiaries. Bombed at 16,000 feet. Different load given in logbook: 1 x 4000lb, 11 x 250lb. |
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UL-G2 |
02 Mar 1945 |
COLOGNE |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Target: The roads to the west of the Rhine leading to Hohenzollern Bridge. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 10x 500lb, 2x 500lb, 4x 250lb bombs. |
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UL-G2 |
05 Mar 1945 |
CHEMNITZ |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Operation THUNDERCLAP. Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 1170x 4lb incendiaries. |
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UL-G2 |
07 Mar 1945 |
DESSAU |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 1170x 4lb incendiaries. |
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UL-G2 |
11 Mar 1945 |
ESSEN |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Target: Built-up area (flown in support of advancing Allied ground forces). Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 16x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-G2 |
12 Mar 1945 |
DORTMUND |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Target: Built-up area (flown in support of Allied ground forces). Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 16x 500lb bombs. FIDO was deployed to disperse fog on return to Fiskerton. |
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UL-G2 |
15 Mar 1945 |
MISBURG |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Target: Deurag oil refinery. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 1320x 4lb incendiaries. Sullivan was 'second dickie' on this flight - experience for a new pilot |
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UL-G2 |
16 Mar 1945 |
NUREMBURG |
Flt Lt J.W. Acheson |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 1470x 4lb incendiaries. |
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NOSE ART |
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