LL799

Lancaster Mk. I

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Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created

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AULNOYE

Flt Off C. Sawyer

Target: Road and rail bridge near the marshalling yards at Aulnoye-Aymeries. Low cloud obscured the Target Indicators however this crew successfully bombed at 0148 from 8,000 ft. Pickup: 'Uneventful'.

AIR TEST

Sgt S. Slater

Air test

BERLIN

Fg Off S. Slater

Target: Built-up Area

LEIPZIG

Fg Off S. Slater

Target: Built-up Area

STUTTGART

Fg Off S. Slater

Target: Built-up area

SCHWEINFURT

Fg Off S. Slater

Target: Built-up Area. Bombed from 26,000ft

AUGSBURG

Fg Off S. Slater

Target: Aircraft Factories

DUSSELDORF

Flt Lt S. Slater

Target: Built-up Area to N of City Centre Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 108x 30lb and 1170x 4lb incendiaries

ESSEN

Plt Off A.J. Bodger

Target: Built-up Area

ST MARTIN DE VARREVILLE & CRISBECQ

Plt Off W.R. Ireland

Target: Coastal battery on the eve of the D-Day invasion of France. The Squadron was split into two waves, the slightly earlier to attack the battery at Crisbeq. Load: 11x 1000lb & 4x 500lb bombs.

FLERS

Flt Off C. Sawyer

Target: Enemy airfield. Bombed at 0325 from 3,000 ft. Pickup described the raid as 'Uneventful'

GELSENKIRCHEN

Flt Off C. Sawyer

Target: Gelsenberg AG synthetic oil plant at Nordstern . Bombed at 0106 from 19,000 ft. Pickup: 'Medium & heavy flak. Bags of S/Ls (searchlights). No fighters seen. Good show!'

STERKRADE

Flt Off C. Sawyer

Target: Ruhr-Chemie AG synthetic oil plant at Holten. Abortive and returned early nav equipment u/s.

AULNOYE

Flt Off C. Sawyer

Target: Road and rail bridge near the marshalling yards at Aulnoye-Aymeries. Most crews returned with their bombs due to low cloud obscuring the Target Indicators, however this crew bombed successfully at 0148 from 8,000 ft. Pickup: 'Uneventful'.

SAINTES

Plt Off E.A. Cartwright

Target: Marshalling yards. Load: H2S-equipped aircraft: 10x 1000lb, 2x 500 lb bombs; all other aircraft: 10x 1000lb, 3x 500lb bombs. It is not known if this aircraft was H2S-equipped.

FLERS

Plt Off E.A. Cartwright

Target: V1 'flying bomb' launch site Load: 18x 500lb bombs

CHATEAU DE BERNAPRE

Fg Off E.A. Cartwright

Target: V1 'flying bomb' launch site Load: 18x 500lb bombs

DOMLEGER

Fg Off E.A. Cartwright

V1 'flying bomb' storage and supply depot Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs

OISEMONT / NEUVILLE AU BOIS

Fg Off E.A. Cartwright

Target: V1 flying bomb launch site Load: 11x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs

DOMLEGER

Fg Off E.A. Cartwright

Target: V1 'flying bomb' storage and supply depot Load: 7x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs

ORLEANS

Fg Off E.A. Cartwright

Target: Marshalling yards Load: 18x 500lb bombs Hit by flak which killed the Air Bomber Sgt West. The aircraft was also chased by two Fw-190s and an Me-109. Landed Keevil where West's body was taken to the Station mortuary.

CAEN

Sqn Ldr S. Slater

Target: Enemy armour strongpoint and stores on the northern outskirts of Caen. Flown in support of the Anglo-Canadian ground forces attacking the town (Operation CHARNWOOD) Load: 11x1000lb 'cookie', 4x 500lb bombs.

REVIGNY

Fg Off E.A. Cartwright

Target: Marshalling yards Load: 7x 1000lb and 4x500lb bombs The Deputy Master Bomber instructed aircraft to return to base with their bombs (codeword ‘Lysol’) as cloud was obscuring the target. Target marking was conducted by the 1 Group Special Duties Flight based at Binbrook. Diverted to Blyton due to weather at Elsham Wolds

REVIGNY

Fg Off E.A. Cartwright

Target: Marshalling yards Load 7x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs The Master Bomber instructed all aircraft to return to base with bombs (codeword ‘Sugar Plum’) as the target was obscured. Some Squadron aircraft diverted due to low cloud at Elsham Wolds, but the Cartwright crew landed safely at base.

SANNERVILLE

Fg Off E.A. Cartwright

Target: Area 'H'; fortified positions occupied by Panzer regiments Load: 11x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs Flown in support of the British 2nd Army involved in Operation GOODWOOD and given a 'strong fighter escort'

SCHOLVEN/BUER

Sqn Ldr S. Slater

Target: Synthetic oil refinery near Gelsenkirchen Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 10x 500lb bombs.

WIZERNES

Fg Off E.A. Cartwright

Target: Construction site for a V2 rocket site and bunker complex known as ‘La Coupole’ Load: 11x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs

KIEL

Sqn Ldr S. Slater

Target: German Navy base, canal, and harbour Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 8x 500lb bombs, 5x 500lb ‘J’ Type incendiary cluster or, 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs.

STUTTGART

Flt Sgt S. Slater

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 2000lb bomb, 12x cluster bombs, each containing 14x 30lb ‘J’-Type incendiaries

STUTTGART

Fg Off R.W. Brown

Target: Engineering workshops. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 11x 500lb bombs.

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