PD271

Lancaster Mk. I

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STETTIN

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: Port area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 60x 30lb and 660x 4lb incendiaries.

AGENVILLE

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: V1 ‘flying bomb’ supply site. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. Provided with a Spitfire escort.

LE HAVRE

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: Enemy strongpoints and pockets of resistance. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

LE HAVRE

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: Enemy strongpoints and pockets of resistance. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x500lb bombs. Instructed by the Master Bomber to return with bombs.

LE HAVRE

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: Enemy strongpoints to the north of the town & pockets of resistance. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. Ten aircraft were allocated Aiming Point 12, and five aircraft allocated Aiming Point 13. It is not clear which aiming point the Ridge crew were allocated. The Master Bomber instructed crews who had not bombed to return with their bombs due to increasing low cloud cover over the target. The Ridge crew suffered an R/T failure so did not receive the Master Bomber's orders. They made four orbits of the target, descending to 3000’ to bomb.

LE HAVRE

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: Enemy strongpoint ½ mile southwest of the Forêt de Montgeon. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x500lb bombs.

FRANKFURT

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 14x Type 14 incendiary clusters, 120 4lb incendiaries. Returned on 3 engines (reason not known). The 13 Sep 44 Elsham Wolds Station Narrative states: ‘The Squadrons returned to base well on time, F/O Ridge on his customary 3 engines. It is hoped to convert this crew to 4-engined flying shortly.’

LEEUWARDEN

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: Luftwaffe Airfield (flown in support of Operation MARKET GARDEN). Load: 20x 500lb bombs.

FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN)

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: Enemy gun position to the north of the town. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

CALAIS (SANGATTE)

Fg Off D.C. Smith

Target: Coastal guns and defences. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

NEUSS

Fg Off D.C. Smith

Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 12x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. Attacked by an enemy Fw-190 (Combat report not seen). The air bomber was unable to identify the target, so the operation was aborted and the bombs jettisoned at sea.

CALAIS

Fg Off R.M. Crowther

Target: Enemy ground positions. Bombed from 1800 ft. Starboard outer engine was hit by flak and caught fire. Returned to base on three engines.

CALAIS

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: Enemy fortifications between marshalling yards and the Canal de Calais. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

CALAIS

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: Military Installations to the southeast of the town. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. The target obscured by cloud so the Master Bomber instructed crews to return to base with their bombs.

WESTKAPELLE

Plt Off G.C. Clewley

Target: Walcheren Island sea wall. Flown in support of Operation INFATUATE. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 6x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

SAARBRUCKEN

Fg Off R.M. Crowther

Target: Marshalling yards. Diverted Wratting Common due to fog at base.

EMMERICH

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: Enemy strong point within the built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb & 2520x 4lb incendiaries. Crews were diverted on return to due to low cloud at Elsham; only five aircraft landed at base, the others landed at Sandtoft or Lindholme. It is believed that the Ridge crew managed to land at Elsham.

FORT FREDERIK HENDRIK, BRESKENS

Fg Off H.R. McClelland

Target: Coastal Battery of 5 x 4 ½” guns (2 aiming points) Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. Flew the first wave of the attack (Battle Order ‘A’ - 8 aircraft) on the first aiming point. The target was obscured by cloud so the Master Bomber ordered all aircraft to return with their bombs. NOTE: The Hardman rear crew are listed in the ORB as flying with McClelland on this operation, however logbooks show they were flying with Hardman on a training sortie at that time. I therefore propose that McClelland was flying with his regular crew, as indicated here.

FORT FREDERIK HENDRIK, BRESKENS

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: Coastal battery (the 1st aiming point from the raid on 11 Oct). Load: 13x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs. Hit by flak which severed the bomb-release lead just after the last bomb had fallen. The Elsham Station Narrative for 12 Oct 44 stated: 'Ridge and crew have a lucky escape as flak cuts the bombing lead just after their last bomb is released.'

DUISBERG

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: four Aiming Points (mines and coke ovens) in the Hamborn district. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’ and 2,212x 4lb incendiaries. Flown in support of Operation HURRICANE.

DUISBERG

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: Built-up area to the north of the docks. Load: B2,K2,M2: 1x 4000lb, 2,732x 4lb incendiaries Flown in support of Operation HURRICANE.

STUTTGART

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: The Robert Bosche works (second wave of the attack). Load: 9x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

ESSEN

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: Built-up and industrial areas (including the Krupps works). Load: 11x 1000lb & 4x 500lb bombs.

ESSEN

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: Two Aiming Points within the Krupps works. Load: 11x 1,000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

COLOGNE

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: Two Aiming Points: the Mulheim district of Cologne, and the southwestern part of the city. Load: 1x 4,000lb 'cookie', 5x 1,000lb, 6x 500lb bombs. Six aircraft were scheduled to attack Mulheim first, followed by the rest on the second Aiming Point. It is not known which Aiming Point as given to the Ridge crew.

COLOGNE

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: Built up areas on the northwestern part of the city. Load: 1x 4,000lb 'cookie', 6x 1,000lb, 6x 500lb bombs.

DUSSELDORF

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: Northern built-up area of the city. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 6x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs.

BOCHUM

Fg Off G.H. Hardman

Target: Built-up area. Hit by flak. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 6x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs

GELSENKIRCHEN

Fg Off G.H. Hardman

Target: Nordstern synthetic oil plant. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 6x 1000lb, 6x500 bombs.

DUREN

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: Enemy positions and lines of communication. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 6x 1000lb, 7 or 6x 500lb bombs. Landed back at Fiskerton with the aid of FIDO. Flown in support of the American 1st and 9th Armies.

DORTMUND

Fg Off H.F. Benson

Target: Industrial and rail targets within the built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 5x 1000lb and 7x 500lb bombs. Hit by flak.

URFT DAM

Fg Off G.H. Hardman

Target: Walled masonry dam. The Master Bomber called off the attack due to low cloud over the target and the proximity of Allied troops. Load: 14x 1,000lb bombs, which were brought back.

OSTERFELD

Flt Lt S.T. Boullier

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

MUNICH

Flt Lt S.T. Boullier

Target: Industrial and transport area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 1320x 4lb incendiaries. Fg Off M A Frost replaced Sgt Stanton for this operation; reason not known.

MERSEBURG – LEUNA

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: IG Farbenindustrie synthetic oil refinery. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 12x 500lb bombs

ZEITZ / TROGLITZ

Fg Off C.T. Dalziel

Braunkohle Benzin synthetic oil plant (low grade MT fuel) Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 12x 500lb bombs.

DUISBERG

Fg Off A.J.L. Ridge

Target: Steelwork coking ovens & rolling mills in the Hamborn area of the city, and a benzol plant in Bruckhausen. It is unclear which Aiming Point was allocated to this crew. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs. Port outer engine failed; the skipper was unable to maintain height and had to bomb short of their allocated target. Crew screened from operations.

STUTTGART - ZUFFENHAUSEB

Flt Lt K. Halnan Junior

Target: Hirth aero-engine factory & Boash ignition works. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 12x 500lb bombs.

DORTMUND

Fg Off G. Haywood

Target: Rhenania Ossag oil refinery, Reisholz district. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 1604x4lb incendiaries. Attacked by an unidentified aircraft; the pilot took corkscrew evasive action and the attack was broken off. No damage or injuries sustained.

COLOGNE

Fg Off D.E. Till

Target: Roads to West of the Rhine leading to Hohenzollern Bridge. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 10x 500lb, 2x 500lb, 4x 250lb bombs

CHEMNITZ

Fg Off G. Haywood

Operation THUNDERCLAP. Target: Built-up area. Haywood described the raid; 'Flak - holed in several places - thru bomb bay near nav with full load'.

KASSEL

Flt Lt P. Sleight

Built-Up Area Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 1470x 4lb incendiaries.

NUREMBURG

Flt Lt K. Halnan Junior

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 1470x 4lb incendiaries. Returned to base shortly after take-off having a rear turret and compressor unserviceable. Their bombs were jettisoned at sea.

HANAU

Flt Lt K. Halnan Junior

Built-up Area. Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 1620x 4lb incendiaries.

ROTTERDAM

Flt Lt R.F. Worsdell

Operation MANNA - the dropping of emergency supplies to the starving Dutch population. Load: 4 'blocks'.

FISKERTON TO POMIGLIANO

Fg Off G.A. Titchener

Operation DODGE. Positioning flight to Italy to pick up Allied Servicemen for repatriation. Route: Base - Aylesbury - Selsey Bill - Poitiers - Toulouse - Corsica - Elba - Pomigliano

POMIGLIANO TO GLATTON

Fg Off G.A. Titchener

Operation DODGE. Repatriating Allied Servicemen. 20 passengers.

GLATTON TO FISKERTON

Fg Off G.A. Titchener

Operation DODGE. Return to base.

FISKERTON - POMIGLANO

Flt Lt E.M. Haslam

Operation DODGE - troops brought back from Italy These DODGE sorties comprised Pilot, Engineer, Air Bomber, Nav, WOp and a gunner in the mid-upper turret.

POMIGLANO - GLATTON

Flt Lt E.M. Haslam

Operation DODGE - troops brought back from Italy These DODGE sorties comprised Pilot, Engineer, Air Bomber, Nav, WOp and a gunner in the mid-upper turret.

GLATTON - FISKERTON

Flt Lt E.M. Haslam

Operation DODGE - troops brought back from Italy These DODGE sorties comprised Pilot, Engineer, Air Bomber, Nav, WOp and a gunner in the mid-upper turret.

FISKERTON TO POMIGLIANO

Plt Off W.F. Weller

Operation DODGE

POMIGLIANO TO GLATTON

Plt Off W.F. Weller

Operation DODGE

GLATTON TO FISKERTON

Plt Off W.F. Weller

Operation DODGE

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