AIRCRAFT PROFILE

Aircraft:

RA514

Type:

Lancaster Mk. I

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AIRCRAFT HISTORY

Date

Event

Sqn Code

25 Nov 1943

Initial record to be updated when first event found

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03 May 1945

Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created

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05 May 1945

Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created

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576 Squadron OPERATIONS

Code

Date

Operation

Captain

Events

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20 Feb 1945

DORTMUND

Flt Lt R.M. Crowther

Target: Southern part of city. Bombed at 20,000 ft

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21 Feb 1945

DUISBERG

Flt Lt R.M. Crowther

Target: Built-up area and docks. Bombed at 16,000 ft.

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23 Feb 1945

PFORZHEIM

Flt Lt R.M. Crowther

Target: town. Bombed at 7,500 ft

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02 Mar 1945

COLOGNE

Flt Lt R.M. Crowther

Target: Roads to west of the Rhine leading to the Hohenzollern Bridge. Bombed at 16,000 ft

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05 Mar 1945

CHEMNITZ

Flt Lt R.M. Crowther

Operation THUNDERCLAP. Target: Built-up area. Bombed at 17,000 ft.

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12 Mar 1945

DORTMUND

Flt Lt R.M. Crowther

Target: Built-up area – flown in support of advancing Allied forces. Bombed at 18,000 ft.

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15 Mar 1945

MISBURG

Flt Lt R.M. Crowther

Target: Deurag oil refinery. Bombed at 18,000 ft.

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16 Mar 1945

NUREMBURG

Flt Lt R.M. Crowther

Target: Built-up area. Bombed at 16,000 ft

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21 Mar 1945

BREMEN

Flt Lt R.M. Crowther

Target: Deutsche Vacuum oil refinery. Bombed at 15,000 ft. The aircraft was hit by flak which damaged the astrodome and flight engineer’s windscreen.

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22 Mar 1945

HILDESHEIM

Flt Lt R.M. Crowther

Target: Railway yards. Bombed at 15,000 ft. Operational tour completed and the crew were 'screened' from operations.

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03 May 1945

VALKENBURG / LEIDEN AIRFIELD

Fg Off A.W. Roberts

Operation MANNA (emergency food supplies to the starving Dutch population). Load: All aircraft: 4 blocks

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05 May 1945

ROTTERDAM

Fg Off K. Fry

Operation MANNA. The dropping of emergency supplies to the starving Dutch people. Load: 4x 'blocks'.

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05 Aug 1945

FISKERTON – POMIGLIANO

Fg Off R.L. Ash

Operation DODGE Normal crew for DODGE: Pilot, 2nd pilot, FE, Nav, WOp, Air Gunner (1). Occasionally other aircrew trades would replace the gunner. Route:Base-Selsey Bill-Caen-Poitiers-Elba-Naples-Pomigliano

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07 Aug 1945

POMIGLIANO – GLATTON

Fg Off R.L. Ash

Operation DODGE Normal crew for DODGE: Pilot, 2nd pilot, FE, Nav, WOp, Air Gunner (1). Occasionally other aircrew trades would replace the gunner. Load: 20 passengers.

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07 Aug 1945

GLATTON – FISKERTON

Fg Off R.L. Ash

Operation DODGE Normal crew for DODGE: Pilot, 2nd pilot, FE, Nav, WOp, Air Gunner (1). Occasionally other aircrew trades would replace the gunner.

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22 Aug 1945

FISKERTON TO POMIGLIANO

Fg Off R. Thackray

Operation DODGE. Positioning flight to Italy.

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24 Aug 1945

POMIGLIANO TO GLATTON

Fg Off R. Thackray

Operation DODGE. Carrying up to 22 Allied servicemen from Italy back to the UK

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24 Aug 1945

GLATTON TO FISKERTON

Fg Off R. Thackray

Operation DODGE. Return flight to base

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