PB753

Lancaster Mk. I

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DUREN

Fg Off R.J. Callington

Target: Enemy ground positions and lines of communication (flown in support of the American 1st and 9th Armies. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 6x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs.

WANNE-EICKEL

Fg Off R.J. Callington

Target: Krupps synthetic oil plant. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 16x 500lb bombs. Most Squadron aircraft diverted to Bury St Edmunds or Tempsford due to poosr visibility at base. The Callington crew landed back at Fiskerton.

ASCHAFFENBURG

Fg Off H.R. McClelland

Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’ and 16x 500lb bombs.

FREIBURG

Fg Off H.R. McClelland

Target: Enemy troop concentrations in the built-up area of the city. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 5x 1000lb and 6x 500lb bombs. Flown in support of the French 1st Army.

DORTMUND

Fg Off H.R. McClelland

Target: Industrial and rail targets within the built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 5x 1000lb and 7x 500lb bombs. FIDO in use to recover the aircraft to Fiskerton in poor visibility.

KARLSRUHE

Fg Off H.R. McClelland

Target: Built-up area. Load: 13x or 12x 1000lb bombs

MERSEBURG / LEUNA

Fg Off H.R. McClelland

Target: The IG Farbenindustrie synthetic oil refinery. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 3x 1000lb and 6x 500lb bombs.

MANNHEIM

K. Halnan Junior

Target: I.G. Farbenindustrie chemical works, marshalling yards and oil refinery. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 4x 1000lb, 7x 500lb bombs.

ULM

Fg Off H.R. McClelland

Target: The marshalling yards and the Magirius-Deutz & Kassbohrer lorry factories. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 6x No.15 and 5x No.14 incendiary clusters, and 120x 4lb incendiaries. The crew's usual Navigator, Fg Off Courtis, was replaced on this trip by WO Lamprell (reason not known).

KOBLENZ

Fg Off H.R. McClelland

Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 13x 1000lb bombs. On return the Squadron was ordered to divert to Charterhall in Scotland due to poor weather across most of England.

BONN

Fg Off H.R. McClelland

Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 6x 1000lb and 8x 500lb bombs.

OSTERFELD

Fg Off H.R. McClelland

Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 6x 1000lb, and 6x 500lb bombs.

ROYAN

Flt Lt S.T. Boullier

Enemy garrison and supply depot (flown in support of the Free French forces besieging the town). Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 16x 500lb bombs.

LUDWIGSHAFEN

Fg Off H.R. McClelland

Target: Marshalling yards, factories and enemy troop positions. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’ and 1620x 4lb incendiaries.

BOTTROP

Flt Lt R.M. Crowther

Target: Prosper coking plant and benzol plant. Bombed at 17,500 ft. (ORB shows PB793 - incorrect)

KLEVE

Fg Off H.R. McClelland

Target: Enemy strongpoints. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’ and 16 x 500lb bombs. Flown in support of the Canadian 1st Army and the 15th Scottish Division attacking the town.

POLITZ

Fg Off H.R. McClelland

Target: The IG Farben synthetic oil plant at 5333.5N 01444.5E. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’ and 10x 500lb bombs.

DRESDEN

Fg Off H.R. McClelland

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’ and 1180x 4lb incendiaries. Flown in support of Operation THUNDERCLAP.

DORTMUND

Fg Off H.R. McClelland

Target: The Rhenania Ossag oil refinery in the Reisholz district of the city. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’ and 2220x 4lb incendiaries. Plt Off R Burnell accompanied the crew as his 'second dickie'.

DUISBERG

Fg Off H.R. McClelland

Target: Built-up area and the docks. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie' and 1770x 4lb incendiaries.

COLOGNE

Fg Off H.R. McClelland

Target: The road infrastructure to the west of the Rhine leading to the Hohenzollern Bridge. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 10x 500lb, 2x 500lb, and 4x 250lb bombs.

CHEMNITZ

Fg Off H.R. McClelland

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x4000lb ‘cookie’ and 1170x 4lb incendiaries. Flown in support of Operation THUNDERCLAP.

KASSEL

Fg Off H.R. McClelland

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’ and 1470x 4lb incendiaries. The aircraft experienced problems with the port and starboard inner engines and diverted into Jouvincourt, France.

BERCHTESGARTEN

Fg Off K. Fry

Target: Hitler’s ‘Eagle’s Nest’ complex & SS barracks. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 4x 1000lb, 1x 500lb bombs.

FISKERTON TO BRUSSELS B58

Fg Off K. Fry

Operation EXODUS: positioning flight to Brussels Melsbroek B58. *On EXODUS flights, the crews carried only one gunner, normally the Rear Gunner who flew in the mid-upper turret.

BRUSSELS B58 – FORD

Fg Off K. Fry

Operation EXODUS *On EXODUS flighths, the crews carried only one gunner, normally the Rear Gunner who flew in the mid-upper turret Load: 24 passengers

FORD – FISKERTON

Fg Off K. Fry

Operation EXODUS *On EXODUS flights, the crews carried only one gunner, normally the Rear Gunner who flew in the mid-upper turret

FISKERTON TO POMIGLIANO

Flt Lt J.D. Mortimer

Operation DODGE; transit flight to Italy

POMIGLIANO TO GLATTON

Flt Lt J.D. Mortimer

Operation DODGE; the repatriation of 22 Allied servicemen to the UK

GLATTON TO FISKERTON

Flt Lt J.D. Mortimer

Operation DODGE;; empty positioning flight to base

FISKERTON TO POMIGLIANO

Flt Lt J.D. Mortimer

Operation DODGE; transit flight to Italy

POMIGLIANO TO GLATTON

Flt Lt J.D. Mortimer

Operation DODGE; the repatriation of 22 Allied servicemen to the UK. The aircraft suffered a coolant leak in the starboard outer engine and ordered to land at Woodbridge by Glatton Control, landing on three engines. The aircraft was left in Woodbridge for repairs and the crew returned to Fiskerton by other means.

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