AIRCRAFT PROFILE

Aircraft:

RF200

Type:

Lancaster Mk III

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AIRCRAFT HISTORY

Date

Event

Sqn Code

22 Mar 1945

Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created

UL-D2

25 Mar 1945

Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created

UL-D2

15 Apr 1945

Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created

UL-D

20 Apr 1945

Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created

UL-D

576 Squadron OPERATIONS

Code

Date

Operation

Captain

Events

UL-D2

31 Mar 1945

HAMBURG

Plt Off D.J. Sullivan

Target: Hamburg - Blohm & Voss U-Boat building & engineering yards Load: 12x 1,000lb and 3x 500lb bombs

UL-D

29 Apr 1945

VALKENBURG-LEIDEN AIRFIELD

Fg Off W.J.C. Hood

Operation MANNA. Dropping food for the starving Dutch population. Load: All aircraft: 4 blocks

UL-D

30 Apr 1945

THE HAGUE - DELFT AIRFIELD

Fg Off W.J.C. Hood

Operation MANNA. Dropping food for the starving Dutch population. Load: G, K, Q, U, D2, K2: 3 blocks All other aircraft: 4 blocks

UL-D

01 May 1945

ROTTERDAM

Fg Off W.J.C. Hood

Operation MANNA. Dropping food for the starving Dutch population. Load: All aircraft: 4 blocks

UL-D

03 May 1945

VALKENBURG / LEIDEN AIRFIELD

Fg Off W.J.C. Hood

Operation MANNA. Dropping food for the starving Dutch population. Load: All aircraft: 4 blocks

UL-D

05 May 1945

ROTTERDAM

Fg Off W.J.C. Hood

Operation MANNA. Dropping food for the starving Dutch population. Load: All aircraft: 4 blocks

UL-D

04 Jul 1945

FLENSBURG

Fg Off D.J. Sullivan

Exercise POSTMORTEM; an evaluation of the German air defence network

UL-D

09 Sep 1945

FISKERTON – POMIGLIANO

Fg Off W.J.C. Hood

Operation DODGE These DODGE sorties comprised Pilot, Engineer, Air Bomber, Nav, WOp and a gunner in the mid-upper turret. The crews below are listed in that order.

UL-D

12 Sep 1945

POMIGLIANO – GLATTON

Fg Off W.J.C. Hood

12 Sep 1945 Operation DODGE These DODGE sorties comprised Pilot, Engineer, Air Bomber, Nav, WOp and a gunner in the mid-upper turret. The crews below are listed in that order.

UL-D

12 Sep 1945

GLATTON - FISKERTON

S.W. Haakstad

Operation DODGE These DODGE sorties comprised Pilot, Engineer, Air Bomber, Nav, WOp and a gunner in the mid-upper turret. The crews below are listed in that order.

UL-D

12 Sep 1945

GLATTON - FISKERTON

Fg Off W.J.C. Hood

Operation DODGE These DODGE sorties comprised Pilot, Engineer, Air Bomber, Nav, WOp and a gunner in the mid-upper turret. The crews below are listed in that order.

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