AIRCRAFT PROFILE |
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Aircraft: |
RA587 |
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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 |
00 |
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10 Apr 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-U |
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02 May 1945 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
Ul-L |
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02 May 1945 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-L |
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07 May 1945 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-U |
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16 May 1945 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-L |
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16 May 1945 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-U |
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01 Jul 1945 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-U |
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04 Jul 1945 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-U |
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576 Squadron OPERATIONS |
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Code |
Date |
Operation |
Captain |
Events |
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UL-U |
09 Apr 1945 |
KIEL |
Flt Sgt G.A. Abercrombie |
Shipping, Deutsche-Werke U-boat yard & industrial centre on the E side of Kiel Harbour |
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UL-U |
10 Apr 1945 |
PLAUEN |
A.W. Roberts |
Marshalling Yards Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 10x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-U |
18 Apr 1945 |
HELIGOLAND |
A.W. Roberts |
Naval base, submarine repair yards, airfield & built-up area. Load: 12x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs |
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UL-U |
22 Apr 1945 |
BREMEN |
A.W. Roberts |
Focke-Wulf aircraft factory and enemy troop concentrations. Flown in support of the British XXX Corps attacking the city. Load: 1x 4000lb, 6x 1000lb, 8x 500lb bombs Master Bomber abandoned attack due to cloud cover over target and instructed crews to bring bombs back. The less experienced crews jettisoned their bombload. |
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UL-U |
30 Apr 1945 |
THE HAGUE - DELFT AIRFIELD |
A.W. Roberts |
Operation MANNA (emergency food supplies to the starving Dutch population). Load: G, K, Q, U, D2, K2: 3 blocks. All other aircraft: 4 blocks |
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Ul-L |
02 May 1945 |
ROTTERDAM |
A.W. Roberts |
Operation MANNA (emergency food supplies to the starving Dutch population). Load: All aircraft: 4 blocks |
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UL-U |
07 May 1945 |
ROTTERDAM |
A.W. Roberts |
Operation MANNA (emergency food supplies to the starving Dutch population). Load: All aircraft: 4 blocks. |
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UL-L |
16 May 1945 |
FISKERTON – BRUSSELS B58 |
A.W. Roberts |
FISKERTON – BRUSSELS B58 Operation EXODUS (repatriating POWs) *On EXODUS flights, the crews carried only one gunner, the crews carried only one Air Gunner who occupied the mid-upper turret. 21 aircraft were scheduled for this operation, but 10 were cancelled before briefing. Carried ground servicing staff & equipment. Passengers: Flt Lts Nesbitt, Richardson; Sgt Bale; Cpls Lampard, Nicholson, Clark,; LACs Frost, Lowry, Kennington, Roberts |
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UL-L |
16 May 1945 |
BRUSSELS B58 – FISKERTON |
A.W. Roberts |
Operation EXODUS (repatriating POWs) *On EXODUS flights, the crews carried only one gunner, the crews carried only one Air Gunner who occupied the mid-upper turret. 21 aircraft were scheduled for this operation, but 10 were cancelled before briefing. Carried ground servicing staff & equipment. Passengers: Flt Lts Nesbitt, Richardson; Sgt Bale; Cpls Lampard, Nicholson, Clark; LACs Frost, Lowry, Kennington, Roberts. |
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UL-U |
01 Jul 1945 |
FLENSBURG |
Plt Off I.L. Scott |
Exercise POSTMORTEM III; a test of the German air defence network. |
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UL-U |
04 Jul 1945 |
FLENSBURG |
Fg Off K. Fry |
Exercise POST MORTEM V; test of the German air defence radar network. |
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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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