PA997

Lancaster Mk. I

Initial record to be updated when first event found

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Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created

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CRISBECQ

Plt Off A.L. Puttock

Target: Coastal gun batteries Load: 18x 500lb bombs Bombardment of coastal batteries on the eve of the D-Day invasion of France. The Squadron was allocated two coastal gun batteries; one at Crisbecq, and the other at St Martin de Varreville.

VIRE

Plt Off C. Hart

2 APs: Viaduc de Martilly road/rail bridge (western AP) & marshalling yards Load: 18x 500lb bombs

LE HAVRE

Plt Off A.L. Puttock

Target: Docks, E-boat pens, and light naval forces which were harassing the Normandy beachheads Load: 11x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs

STERKRADE (HOLTEN)

Plt Off A.L. Puttock

Target: Ruhr-Chemie AG synthetic oil plant at Holten Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, and 16x 500lb bombs Originally attributed to flak, the Lancaster was shot down at about 0135 on 17 Jun by Fw. Herbert Püchner of 6./NJG1 in his Bf-110. The bomber apparently broke up in the air and crashed at Rhade, some 9 kilometres North of Dorsten, killing five of the crew. The dead were buried initially in Dorsten Communal Cemetery but were re-interred on 21 Apr 47 at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve Plt Off A L Puttock - killed Sgt L S R Templeton - PoW Flt Sgt J Brown - killed Flt Sgt T Jefferson - killed Flt Sgt D W G Warr - PoW Flt Sgt H E Lillicrap - killed Flt Sgt C Philp - killed

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