AIRCRAFT PROFILE |
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Aircraft: |
PD309 |
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Lancaster Mk. I |
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AIRCRAFT HISTORY |
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Event |
Sqn Code |
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Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-W2 |
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25 Nov 1943 |
Initial record to be updated when first event found |
00 |
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12 Sep 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-W2 |
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14 Sep 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-W2 |
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09 Nov 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-W2 |
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576 Squadron OPERATIONS |
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Code |
Date |
Operation |
Captain |
Events |
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UL-W2 |
DORTMUND |
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Target: Hoesch Benzin GmbH synthetic oil plant |
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UL-W2 |
12 Sep 1944 |
FRANKFURT |
Fg Off D.C. Smith |
Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 14x Type 4 incendiary clusters, 120x 4lb incendiaries. |
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UL-W2 |
12 Oct 1944 |
FORT FREDERIK HENDRIK, BRESKENS |
Fg Off G.H. Hardman |
Target: Coastal battery of five 4 1/2 inch guns. Load: 13x 1000lb & 4x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-W2 |
15 Oct 1944 |
WILHELMSHAFEN |
Sqn Ldr B.A. Templeman-Rooke |
Target: Built-up area and submarine works Load: 12x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs 'Second dickie' for Plt Off R S Bastick |
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UL-W2 |
28 Oct 1944 |
COLOGNE |
Fg Off H.R. McClelland |
Target: Second Aiming Point in the southwestern part of the city. Load: 1x 4,000lb ‘cookie’, 5x 1,000lb, and 6x 500lb bombs |
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UL-W2 |
02 Nov 1944 |
DUSSELDORF |
Fg Off H.R. McClelland |
Target: Northern built-up area of the city. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 6x 1000lb, and 6x 500lb bombs |
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UL-W2 |
04 Nov 1944 |
BOCHUM |
Plt Off R.S. Bastick |
Target: Built-up area. Bombed at 17,000ft. Load: 1x 4000lb, 6x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs |
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UL-W2 |
06 Nov 1944 |
GELSENKIRCHEN |
Fg Off H.R. McClelland |
Target: The Nordstern synthetic oil plant. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 6x 1000lb, and 6 or 7x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-W2 |
09 Nov 1944 |
WANNE-EICKEL |
Fg Off O.R. Herbert |
Target: Synthetic oil plant. Standing in for the Herbert crew Flight Engineer. |
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UL-W2 |
11 Nov 1944 |
DORTMUND |
Fg Off O.R. Herbert |
Target: Hoesch Benzin GmbH synthetic oil plant |
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UL-W2 |
16 Nov 1944 |
DUREN |
Flt Lt R.M. Crowther |
Target: Enemy ground positions and lines of communication. Flown in support of the advance of the American 1st and 9th Armies. Bombed at 11,500 ft. |
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UL-W2 |
12 Dec 1944 |
ESSEN |
Flt Lt H. Leyton-Brown |
Target: Krupps munitions factory and rail centre at 5125.5N 00701E. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 16x 500lb bombs. 'Second Dickie' trip for Flt Lt Boullier |
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NOSE ART |
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Default Nose Image - Waiting for design |
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AIRCRAFT IMAGES |
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MOVEMENT CARDS |
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LOSS CARDS |
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LOSS/INCIDENT REPORT |
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