ND903

Lancaster Mk III

A. V. Roe

a/c 1807

Merlin 38

Initial record to be updated when first event found

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Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created

Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created

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Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created

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Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created

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COLOGNE

Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood

Target: built-up areas to the north and west of the city centre.

DUSSELDORF

Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood

Target: built-up area to the north of the city centre.

KARLSRUHE

Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood

Target: built-up area.

ESSEN

Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood

Target: built-up area. Bombed at 23,000 ft, heading 177°, at 0129 hrs

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN

Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood

Target: marshalling yards

LYON

Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood

Target: Soc. Berliet motor works.

MAILLY LE CAMP

Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood

Target: military depot & tank training centre. Diverted to North Killingholme

HASSELT

Plt Off W.A. Scheerboom

Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. The Master Bomber was unable to identify the target visually and instructed all aircraft to return to base with their bombs.

ORLEANS

Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood

Target: Fleury-les-Aubrais marshalling yards.

DUISBERG

Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood

Target: built-up area.

DORTMUND

Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood

Target: built-up area. Bombed at 22,000 ft, heading 157°, at 0048 hrs

AACHEN

Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood

Target: Aachen West and Rothe-Erde marshalling yards.

AACHEN

Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood

Target: Aachen East & Rothe-Erde marshalling yards.

CALAIS

Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood

Target: Coastal railway gun battery. Most aircraft could not bomb due to cloud cover and brought their bomb load back.

ST MARTIN DE VARREVILLE & CRISBECQ

Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood

Target: Crisbecq coastal gun batteries. The Squadron was given two targets, half the aircraft attacking each. The other target was gun batteries at St Martin de Varreville.

VIRE

Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood

Target: Road/rail bridge (the western Aiming Point). Bombed at 4,000 ft on heading 125°, at 0039hrs. Flown in support of the Allied invasion of Normandy.

FLERS

Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood

Target: enemy airfield

GELSENKIRCHEN

Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood

Target: Nordstern synthetic oil plant (Gelsenberg AG)

LE HARVE

Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood

Target: docks & E-boat pens

STERKRADE

Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood

Target: Ruhr-Chemie AG synthetic oil plant at Holten

AULNOYE

Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood

Target: road/rail bridge near the marshalling yards at Aulnoye-Aymeries. Load: 18x 500lb bombs. The Master Bomber instructed crews to bomb the Target Indicators only if they were visible through the low cloud which was obscuring the target, and if not, to return to base. Most crews returned with bombload intact 'Second dickie' for Plt Off E A Cartwright

SIRACOURT

Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood

Target: V1 flying bomb site. The operation cancelled just after seven Squadron aircraft had departed. Recalled by R/T. Five of the seven aircraft are known so far - LM352, LM439, LL799, ME800 & ND903

MIMOYECQUES

Plt Off W.R. Ireland

Target: V3 cannon construction site. Hit by flak in the target area, the starboard outer engine was hit and caught fire so was shut down. Hydraulics and mid-upper turret were also u/s. A successful crash landing was carried out at Elsham, but the aircraft was badly damaged and never flew again for 576, being sent to 103 Sqn after repairs. Load: 18x 500lb bombs.

Credit: Matthew Wood

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