AIRCRAFT PROFILE |
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Aircraft: |
RA514 |
Type: |
Lancaster Mk. I |
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AIRCRAFT HISTORY |
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Date |
Event |
Sqn Code |
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25 Nov 1943 |
Initial record to be updated when first event found |
UL-R2 |
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03 May 1945 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-R |
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05 May 1945 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-R |
576 Squadron OPERATIONS |
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Code |
Date |
Operation |
Captain |
Events |
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UL-R2 |
20 Feb 1945 |
DORTMUND |
Flt Lt R.M. Crowther |
Target: Southern part of city. Bombed at 20,000 ft |
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UL-R2 |
21 Feb 1945 |
DUISBERG |
Flt Lt R.M. Crowther |
Target: Built-up area and docks. Bombed at 16,000 ft. |
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UL-R2 |
23 Feb 1945 |
PFORZHEIM |
Flt Lt R.M. Crowther |
Target: town. Bombed at 7,500 ft |
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UL-R2 |
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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UL-R2 |
05 Mar 1945 |
CHEMNITZ |
Flt Lt R.M. Crowther |
Operation THUNDERCLAP. Target: Built-up area. Bombed at 17,000 ft. |
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UL-R2 |
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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UL-R2 |
15 Mar 1945 |
MISBURG |
Flt Lt R.M. Crowther |
Target: Deurag oil refinery. Bombed at 18,000 ft. |
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UL-R2 |
16 Mar 1945 |
NUREMBURG |
Flt Lt R.M. Crowther |
Target: Built-up area. Bombed at 16,000 ft |
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UL-R2 |
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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UL-R2 |
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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UL-R |
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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UL-R |
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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UL-R |
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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UL-R |
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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UL-R |
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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UL-R |
22 Aug 1945 |
FISKERTON TO POMIGLIANO |
Fg Off R. Thackray |
Operation DODGE. Positioning flight to Italy. |
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UL-R |
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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UL-R |
24 Aug 1945 |
GLATTON TO FISKERTON |
Fg Off R. Thackray |
Operation DODGE. Return flight to base |
NOSE ART |
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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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