JB460

Lancaster Mk. I

Initial record to be updated when first event found

UL-I²

Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created

Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created

UL-V²

Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created

UL-V²

Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created

UL-V²

Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created

UL-X²

NUREMBURG

Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood

Target: built-up area. Returned early as the rear turret became unserviceable.

DORTMUND

Flt Lt W.A. Rainey

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 108x 30lb, 1170x 4lb incendiaries. 'Fighter attack' - Rainey L/B

AACHEN

Fg Off W.A. Rainey

Target: Aachen West and Rothe-Erde marshalling yards. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

AACHEN

Fg Off W.A. Rainey

Target: the marshalling yards at Aachen West and Rothe-Erde Load: 11x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs Rainey: "Bombed at 20,000 ft" Rear gunner incorrectly listed in the ORB as Schofield.

VIRE

Plt Off V.P. Tomlin

2 APs: Road/rail bridge (western AP) & marshalling yards. Bombed western AP

FLERS

Plt Off J.W. Alcorn

Target: V1 'flying bomb' launch site. Load: 18x 500lb bombs. It is thought the aircraft was attacked and destroyed over the English Channel, about 10km south of Le Touquet. The claim was made by Oblt Ernst-Georg Drunkler of 1/NJG5 at a height of 2,800 metres (about 10,000 feet) and at a time of 0345. Neither the crew nor aircraft were were ever found. The crew are all remembered at the Runnymede Air Forces Memorial,

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