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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ST MARTIN DE VARREVILLE & CRISBECQ

Plt Off A.L. Puttock

Coastal gun batteries (2 targets) Load: 18x 500lb bombs. Rainey states 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb Sqn aircraft were split between the two targets – not known fully which was which (Puttock crew - target Crisbecq). Confirmation of target taken from logbook entries. Bombardment of the coastal batteries on the eve of the D-Day invasion of France.

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

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

STERKRADE (HOLTEN)

Plt Off A.L. Puttock

Ruhr-Chemie AG synthetic oil plant at Holten Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs 8 crews from 576 and 103 engaged in COMBATS. There are conflicting reports as to what caused the loss. Originally it was attributed to flak but later claimed by Fw Herbert Puchner 6/NJG1 - 5km South West of Lembeck (North of Dorsten): 5,300m at 01:38 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten). The aircraft broke up in the air and crashed Rhade 9km NNW from the centre of Dorsten. 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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