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Lancaster Mk. I

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AIR TEST

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Air Test The ORB shows the aircraft as I2 LM439 (4 July 1944 shown as J2). Swift's logbook shows LM227 and comments in his diary about the air test being on a new aircraft which was much more powerful than their old one.

DOMLEGER

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Target: V1 Flying Bomb Storage Site and Supply Depot Load: 7x 1,000lb, 4x 500lb bombs The ORB shows the aircraft as I2 LM439 (4 July 1944 onwards shown as J2). Swift's logbook shows LM227 and comments in his diary about the air test being on a new aircraft which was much more powerful than their old one.

ORLEANS

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 18x 500lb bombs

KIEL

Flt Sgt A.d.L. Greig

Target: German navy base, harbour and canal. Load: 1x 2000lb bomb and 18 'J'-Type incendiary clusters. Fuel load: 1500 gallons. Mason describes: 'Flak pretty heavy but not very accurate. Large fires were seen in target area. One or two fighters followed us back to the sea'.

LE CULOT (BEAUVECHAIN)

Fg Off J.R. Stedman

Target: Luftwaffe airfield. Hit by flak but no reports of injuries to crew. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs

STETTIN

Fg Off J.R. Stedman

Target: Port and Industrial Areas. Load: 2x 2000lb bombs, 12x 500 ‘J’-Type Incendiary clusters Tasked with windfinding

RUSSELSHEIM

Fg Off J.R. Stedman

Target: Opel Motor Factory for V1 wings & fuselages & built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 12x500 4lb incendiary clusters. Tasked with windfinding

KIEL

Fg Off J.R. Stedman

Target: German Naval installations. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 108x 30lb and 1170x 4lb incendiaries

CHAPELLE NOTRE-DAME

Fg Off J.R. Stedman

Target: V1 Flying Bomb Launch Site. Load: 13 x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs The Operation Record Book shows Shreeve as rear gunner but this is not in his logbook.

STETTIN

Plt Off K.L. Trent

Target: Port area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 60x 30lb and 660x 4lb incendiaries.

AGENVILLE

Fg Off J.R. Stedman

Target: V1 Flying Bomb Supply Site. Spitfire Escort. Very heavy flak (Swift). Load: 13 x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs

LE HAVRE

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Target: Enemy strongpoints & HQ in port area Load: 13 x 1000lb, 4 x 500lb bombs

LE HAVRE

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Target: Enemy strongpoints & pockets of resistance Load: 13 x 1000lb, 4 x 500lb bombs

ELSHAM WOLDS TO LUDFORD MAGNA

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Ferry flight probably with the Trent crew on board.

LE HAVRE

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Target: Enemy strongpoint ½ mile SW of the Forêt de Montgeon. Load: 13 x 1000lb, 4 x 500lb bombs Crew screened after 30 Operations on 576 Squadrons and Special Duties Flight.

NEUSS

Plt Off K.L. Trent

Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 12x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

CALAIS

Plt Off K.L. Trent

Target: Enemy fortifications and heavy gun positions defending the town. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. (Riccomini records T/O at 1600).

CALAIS

Fg Off D.E. Till

Enemy fortifications between marshalling yards and the Canal de Calais Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs

SAARBRUCKEN

Plt Off K.L. Trent

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 14x 4lb incendiary clusters. The attack was successful but on the return the crew was diverted to Wratting Common.

EMMERICH

Plt Off K.L. Trent

Target: Enemy strong point within the built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie' and 2520x 4lb incendiaries. The crew landed at Sandtoft due to low cloud at Elsham Wolds on the return.

FORT FREDERIK HENDRIK, BRESKENS

Fg Off D.E. Till

Coastal Battery (1st aiming point from 11 Oct) Load: 13x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs.

DUISBERG

Plt Off K.L. Trent

Operation HURRICANE. Target: Four separate aiming points (mines and coke ovens) in the Hamborn district of the city. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie' and 2,212x 4lb incendiaries. This was the crew's final operation on the Squadron.

DUISBURG

Fg Off D.E. Till

Operation HURRICANE. Built-up area to the north of the docks. Load: B2, K2, M2: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 2,732x 4lb incendiaries. All other a/c: 12x 1000lb & 4x 500lb bombs.

STUTTGART

Fg Off D.E. Till

Bad Constatt marshalling yards & Robert Bosche works Load: F2,G2,K2,N2,Q2,Y2,Z2: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ & 1,800x 4lb incendiaries All other a/c: 9x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs. Second wave: Bosch works.

ESSEN

Fg Off D.E. Till

Built-up & Industrial areas (incl. Krupps) Load: B2,J2,N2,Z2: 1x 4000lb and 2220x 4lb incendiaries. All other a/c: 11x 1000lb & 4x 500lb bombs.

ESSEN

Fg Off D.E. Till

2 APs in the Krupps works Load: B2, J2, N2, Z2: 1x 4,000lb, 2,220x 4lb incendiaries. All other aircraft: 11x 1,000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

COLOGNE

Fg Off D.E. Till

Two APs: Mulheim district of Cologne, and the SW part of the city. Load: A2, B2, C2, F2, G2, N2: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 2,332x 4lb incendiaries. All other aircraft: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 5x 1,000lb, 6x 500lb bombs. 6 aircraft were scheduled to attack the Mulheim AP first, followed by the rest on the second AP.

COLOGNE

Fg Off D.E. Till

NW Area of City Load: F2, G2, I2, J2, M2, R2: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 2070x 4lb incendiaries. All other aircraft: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 6x 1,000lb, 6x 500lb bombs. Returned early – Stbd inner overspeed. Engine shut down. ‘Cookie’ dropped at sea. Other bombs brought back. Deek Till: 'One of the more exciting, not to say hairy, incidences I remember was when we started out on our tenth mission. We were loaded with a 4000lb "cookie" plus 8 - l000lb HE's and were headed for Cologne. However, just as we got airborne, the starboard inner engine overspeeded, creating a lot of vibration and the danger of a catastrophic failure. Derek immediately rammed the three good engines "through the gate", cut the throttle and gas to the starboard inner and tried to feather the prop, without success. The windmilling prop which was at the "fine" setting for take-off, created a lot of drag and we staggered along just above the hedges, gaining height excruciatingly slowly as we raised the undercaniage and, very carefully, the 15 degrees of flap. Fortunately we were headed east and the terrain in that direction was very flat farmland. When we finally reached a few hundred feet, I radioed flying control, and they told us to proceed to the North Sea, drop the cookie and bring the rest of the bomb load back to base. I think that few aircraft other than the lanc could lose an engine on take-off and still climb fully laden. This was our worst experience while over friendly territory, and we were all a bit shaken up.'

DUSSELDORF

Fg Off D.E. Till

Northern built-up area of the city. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 6x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs.

BOCHUM

Flt Lt J.W. Acheson

Target: Built-up area. Load:1x 4000lb 'cookie', 6x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs. On the homeward route, the aircraft was intercepted by an enemy Me-110 but took evasive action. The mid-upper gunner, Sgt Oliver, opened fire and drove the attacker away. The Combat Report may be seen in Oliver's profile.

GELSENKIRCHEN

Flt Lt J.W. Acheson

Target: Nordstern synthetic oil plant. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 6x 1000lb, 6 or 7x 500lb bombs. No.15 Base aircraft flew in formation led by four aircraft from the Sqn; I2 was one of those four. The formation broke up before bombing. Aircraft possibly damaged by flak

WANNE-EICKEL

Fg Off D.E. Till

Synthetic Oil Plant. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs.

DORTMUND

Fg Off D.E. Till

Hoesch Benzin GmbH synthetic oil plant. Load: J2, Q2: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, ?x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs. All other aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 6x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs.

ASCHAFFENBURG

Fg Off D.E. Till

Marshalling yards. Master Bomber: Chatham 1 & 2. MF: Disrupt. Last resort: Upside Down. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 16x 500lb bombs. DNTO. Burst tyre whilst taxying.

FREIBURG

Fg Off D.E. Till

Troop concentrations in built up area. Flown in support of the French 1st Army. Load: K2, Q2, R2, W2, Z2: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 2332x 4lb incendiaries. All other aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 5x 1000lb and 6x 500lb bombs. DNTO. W/T failure.

DORTMUND

Fg Off D.E. Till

Industrial and rail targets within the built-up area RUHR Load: K2, Q2, R2, W2, Z2: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 14 x No.14 incendiary clusters, and 120 x 4lb incendiaries. All other aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 5x 1000lb and 7x 500lb bombs. Hit by flak. FIDO deployed on landing. Derek Till: 'On a daylight trip to the Ruhr - I've forgotten which one - a senior officer asked to fly with us as an unofficial supernumerary to "see what it was like". I think he got more than he bargained for because on this trip the front turret was hit by flak. The problem was that oil came back from the broken turret hydraulic lines onto the windscreen, With a cer[ain amount of glee, I got the unofficial passenger to crowd around behind my seat until he could use a small window to the left of the windscreen to wipe the oil off with his gloved hand. He was a good sport, but was not amused! On another trip to the Ruhr we passed over the Pas de Calais area in twilight and I suddenly saw a vertical vapour trail, which was the exhaust from one of the V2 rockets that were aimed at London.'

URFT DAM

Fg Off D.E. Till

Walled masonry dam. Load: 14x 1000lb bombs. Master Bomber called off the attack due low cloud over target and the proximity of Allied troops. All aircraft returned with bombloads. Derek Till: 'The Urft Dam was considered to be an important strategic target. It was a different type of dam to that featured in the famous "dam-busters" raids and wasn't susceptible to the "bouncing" fype of bomb. We were therefore sent out with 12 -l000lb high explosive bombs. Unfortunately there was continuous cloud cover over the target, so the Master Bomber told us to circle while he investigated.. This was in daylight, and I'll never forget the sight of several hundred bombers following one another around in a huge circle. The Master Bomber concluded that it was not practical for us to get down below the cloud, and so we returned to base with our bombs.'

KARLSRUHE

Fg Off D.E. Till

Built-up area. Load: C2, H2, Q2, X2: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 14 x No.14 incendiary clusters and 120x 4lb incendiaries. A2: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 4x 1000lb, and 9x 500lb bombs. All other aircraft: 13x or 12x 1000lb bombs.

MERSEBURG / LEUNA

Fg Off D.E. Till

IG Farbenindustrie synthetic oil refinery Load: F2, I2, L2, P2, W2: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 3x 1000lb, 5x500lb bombs A2, G2, Q2, R2, X2: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 3x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs Y2: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 10x 500lb bombs B2, D2, J2: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 11x No.14 Incendiary Clusters, 120x 4lb incendiaries C2, H2, K2, M2: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 12 x No.14 Incendiary Clusters, 120x 4lb incendiaries. Coned by searchlights on way home. Derek Till: 'Our l7th op was an eight hour trip to the huge Leuna oil refinery at Merseberg. This was an important target because it produced a great deal of aviation-grade petrol. We were told there were approximately 600 heavy flak guns surrounding the refinery area and the flak over the target was indeed extremely heavy but we did not get into trouble until on the way back, when we were coned by several searchlights. The "greenhouse" was of course very lit up and I felt very vulnerable. By throwing the very maneuverable Lanc around we successfully got out of trouble.'

ESSEN

Fg Off O.R. Herbert

Target: Krupp munitions factory and railway centre

MANNHEIM-LUDWIGSHAFEN

Fg Off D.E. Till

I.G. Farbenindustrie Chemical Works / Marshalling Yards / Oil Refinery Load: J2: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 14x No.14 Incendiary Clusters, 120x 4lb incendiaries All other aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 4x 1000lb, 7x 500lb bombs

ULM

Fg Off D.E. Till

Marshalling yards, and Magirius-Deutz & Kassbohrer lorry factories Load: A2, H2, I2, P2, T2, Y2: 1x 4000lb, 1604x 4lb incendiaries All other aircraft: 1x 4000lb, 6x No.15 and 5x No.14 Incendiary Clusters, 120x 4lb incendiaries

BONN

Fg Off D.E. Till

Marshalling yards Load: A2, J2: 8x 1000lb, 8x 500lb All other aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 6x 1000lb, 8x 500lb bombs

SCHOLVEN BUER

Fg Off B.H. O'Neill

Target: Hydeierwerke Scholven synthetic oil refinery. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 16x 500lb bombs. Described by O'Neill as 'Hot - sticky flak'.

OSTERFELD

Fg Off D.E. Till

Marshalling yards Load: Z2: 6x No.15 and 5x No.14 Incendiary Clusters, 120x 4lb incendiaries All other aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 6x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs

NUREMBURG

Fg Off D.E. Till

Marshalling Yards & Built-up Area Load: C2, D2, J2, L2, O2, X2, Z2:1x 4000lb, 1,598x 4lb incendiaries A2, F2, G2, H2, K2, Q2, V2, W2, Y2: 1x4000lb, 14x 500 R2: 1x 4000lb, 4x 1000lb, 5x 500lb Did not take off due to electrical failure

ROYAN

Fg Off H.F. Benson

Target: Enemy garrison and supply depot. Flown in support of the Free French forces besieging the town. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie' and 15x 500lb bombs.

MERSEBURG - LEUNA

Fg Off D.E. Till

IG Farbenindustrie synthetic oil refinery. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 12x 500lb bombs. Derek Till: '... we went to the oil refinery at Merseberg again, We were now one of the "windfinder" crews which meant that periodically Geoff would transmit avery short coded report back to base with winds that Charlie had calculated. We were close to being the first aircraft over the target after the Pathfinders, and we had to listen carefully to the Master Bomber, since the Germans had fake fires and target indicators burning.'

DUISBURG / HAMBORN & BRUCKHAUSEN

Fg Off D.E. Till

Steelwork coking ovens & rolling mills in the Hamborn area of the city and a benzol plant in Bruckhausen.

STUTTGART (ZUFFENHAUSEN)

Fg Off C.T. Dalziel

Hirth aero-engine factory & Boash ignition works Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 12x 500lb bombs Saw bomber bursting into flames & exploding on ground

LUDWIGSHAFEN

Fg Off D.E. Till

Marshalling yards, factories & troop positions. (Mannheim). Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 1620x 4lb incendiaries.

WIESBADEN

Fg Off D.E. Till

Built-up Area (where large amounts of troops were resting). Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 1604x 4lb incendiaries.

PFORZHEIM

Fg Off B.H. O'Neill

Operation THUNDERCLAP. Target: Built-up area around 4852N 00842E, and a ball-bearing factory. Load: 1x 4,000lb 'cookie', 2480x 4lb incendiaries. At 2020 the crew were attacked by a Ju-88 shortly after dropping their load and the port mainplane was damaged. The rear gunner, Ranchuk, opened fire and claimed hits on the enemy aircraft. Described by O'Neill as 'Long trip. Attacked twice by Ju-88 in target area. Slightly damaged'. The combat report can be seen below.

DESSAU

Fg Off D.E. Till

Built-up area. Load: D, G, H, K, L, M, N, W, X, Z: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 1170x 4lb incendiaries. All other aircraft: 1x 2000lb, 1650x 4lb incendiaries.

KASSEL

Fg Off D.E. Till

Built-Up Area Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 1470x 4lb incendiaries.

ESSEN

Flt Sgt P.F. Sattler

Built-up area - Flown in support of advancing Allied ground forces RUHR Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs

DORTMUND

Fg Off D.E. Till

Built-Up Area - Flown in support of advancing Allied ground forces. RUHR. Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 16x 500lb bombs. FIGO used on landing.

NUREMBURG

Plt Off D.J. Sullivan

Target: Nuremburg - built up area Load: : 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’ and 1470x 4lb incendiaries

HANAU

Plt Off D.J. Sullivan

Target: Hanau - built up area Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’ and 1620x 4lb incendiaries

BREMEN

Fg Off D.E. Till

Deutsche Vacuum oil refinery, Oslebhausen; close to docks on N outskirts of city. Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 16x 500lb bombs. Derek Till: 'Our trip to Bremen on March 21st completed my tour of 35 trips but we agreed to do two more so that all the crew would finish together, since some had missed trips through colds etc, lt showed a good crew spirit, but I must admit it began to get a bit nerve-wracking. Memory can play tricks, but I know that the tension during those last few trips increased a lot - notjust because of the enemy, but we wanted to get it over with, and we desperately hoped that nothing would go wrong at the last minute. So near and yet so far. (A post-war analysis showed that most losses occurred in the first and last quarters of a tour, attributed to inexperience and over-confidence, respectively, but I think that some of the latter was due to over-strained nerves.)'

HILDESHEIM (HANOVER)

Fg Off D.E. Till

Railway yards. Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 1920x 4lb incendiaries.

HAMBURG

Plt Off I.L. Scott

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

HELIGOLAND

Fg Off W.J.C. Hood

Naval base, submarine repair yards, airfield & built-up area. Load: 12x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs

FLENSBURG

Flt Lt J.D. Mortimer

Exercise POSTMORTEM; an evaluation of the German air defence network

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