RF120

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

UL-D²

Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created

UL-D²

DUISBERG

Fg Off I.R. Carter

Built-up area and docks Master Bomber callsign: Hookey 1 Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’ and 1770x 4lb incendiaries

PFORZHEIM

Fg Off I.R. Carter

Operation THUNDERCLAP – Built-Up Area 4852N 00842E. Ball bearing factory. Master Bomber callsign: Blacktie 1, 2, & 3. Main Force callsign: Wastepipe Load: 1x 4,000lb cookie, 2480x 4lb incendiaries

NEUSS

Fg Off I.R. Carter

Enemy Ground Positions. General recall. Load: unknown

MANNHEIM-LUDWIGSHAFEN

Fg Off C.J. Rouse

Built-up area

COLOGNE

Fg Off C.J. Rouse

Roads to W of river leading to Hohenzollern Bridge

CHEMNITZ

Fg Off C.T. Dalziel

Built-up area – Flown in support of Operation THUNDERCLAP Load: D, F, H, M, N, P, X, Y: 1x4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 1170x 4lb incendiaries. All other aircraft: 1x 2000lb bomb and 1650x 4lb incendiaries.

DESSAU

Fg Off C.T. Dalziel

Built-up area Load: D, G, H, K, L, M, N, W, X, Z: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 1170x 4lb incendiaries. All other aircraft: 1x 2000lb, 1650x 4lb incendiaries Abandoned RF120 UL-D2. Crashed between the towns of Plettenburg & Attendorn. This was their 15th operation as a crew. Fg Off Dalziel and Sgt Bradbury were the only survivors and became POWs. Sgt O’Sullivan rests at Rheinberg War Cemetery; Sgts Montgomery, Burns, Thorley and O'Sullivan at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.

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