LM294

Lancaster Mk. I

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RUSSELSHEIM

Sqn Ldr B.A. Templeman-Rooke

Target: Opel factory manufacturing V1 wings and fuselages, and the built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb 'Cookie' and 12x500 4lb incendiary clusters

LE HAVRE

Sqn Ldr B.A. Templeman-Rooke

Target: Enemy strongpoint 1/2 mile SW of the Forêt de Montgeon Load: 13x1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs

LEEUWARDEN

Sqn Ldr B.A. Templeman-Rooke

Target: Luftwaffe airfield. Flown in support of Operation MARKET GARDEN. Load: 20x 500lb bombs. This was the crew's skipper, Clewley's, 'second dickie' flight. There is a conflict of information between Templeman-Rooke's logbook and the Squadron ORB. I have listed the crew as given by T-Rooke. The ORB gives the crew as: T-Rooke, Ashton, Strand, Sollis, Holmes, Boyd, and West; T-Rooke's regular 'crew'. Barr's logbook also supports T-Rooke's.

NEUSS

Fg Off K.F. Mills

Target: Marshalling yards. The aircraft was involved in a combat with an enemy aircraft which was inconclusive - no further details.

DUISBURG

Sqn Ldr B.A. Templeman-Rooke

Target: August Thyssen steelworks Load: 13x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs One of three aircraft tasked to attack the steelworks; target bombed visually 'Second dickie' for Fg Off C A Rhude, RCAF

DUREN

Fg Off G.H. Hardman

Target: Enemy positions and lines of communication. Flown in support of the advance of the American 1st and 9th Armies. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 6x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs.

WANNE-EICKEL

Fg Off G.H. Hardman

Target: Krupps synthetic oil plant. Diverted to Bury St Edmunds (Rougham) due to poor visibility at Elsham. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 16x 500lb bombs. Williams reports sun spot activity and heavy W/T interference.

ASCHAFFENBURG

Fg Off D.C. Smith

Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 16x 500lb bombs.

FREIBURG

Fg Off G.H. Hardman

Target: Enemy troop concentrations in the built-up area of the city. Flown in support of the advancing French 1st Army. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 6x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs.

KARLSRUHE

Fg Off G.H. Hardman

Target: Built-up area. Load 12x 1000lb bombs.

MERSEBURG / LEUNA

Fg Off G.H. Hardman

Target: IG Farbenindustrie synthetic oil refinery. COMBAT: an Me-410 was seen on the homeward leg. The gunners opened up but the fire was not returned. The enemy aircraft was observed on fire and descending through cloud and claimed as probably destroyed. Combat report included in record. Load: 1x 4000lb, 3x 1000lb, 5x 500lb bombs

ESSEN

Fg Off G.H. Hardman

Target: Krupp munitions factory and rail centre at 5126.5N 00701E. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 16x 500lb bombs.

ULM

Fg Off G.H. Hardman

Target: Marshalling yards and the Magirius-Deutz & Kassbohrer lorry factories. The starboard mainframe was holed by bombs from above whilst on the bombing run. No-one injured. The Williams logbook states 'hit by flak'. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 1604x 4lb incendiaries.

MERSEBURG / LEUNA

Fg Off G.H. Hardman

Target: IG Farbenindustrie synthetic oil refinery. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 12x 500lb bombs

DUISBERG

Fg Off G.H. Hardman

Target: Steelwork coking ovens & rolling mills in the Hamborn area and a benzol plant in Bruckhausen. Load: 1x 4000lb, 16x 500lb bombs

STUTTGART - ZUFFENHAUSEN

Fg Off H.R. McClelland

Target: The Hirth aero-engine factory and Boash ignition works. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’ and 12x 500lb bombs.

BOTTROP

Fg Off G.H. Hardman

Target: Prosper coking plant and benzol refinery. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 16x 500lb bombs.

KLEVE

Fg Off G.H. Hardman

Target: Enemy strongpoints. Flown in support of 1st Canadian Army and 15th Scottish Division attacking the town. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 16 x 500lb bombs.

DRESDEN

Fg Off G.H. Hardman

Operation THUNDERCLAP. Target: built-up area. Load: 1x 2000lb, 1484x 4lb incendiaries.

DORTMUND

Fg Off G.H. Hardman

Target: Rhenania Ossag oil refinery in the Reisholz district of the city. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 1604x 4lb incendiaries

DUISBERG

Fg Off G.H. Hardman

Target: Built-up area and docks. Load: 1x4,000lb 'cookie', 1,770x 4lb incendiaries.

NEUSS

Fg Off G. Haywood

Target: Enemy ground positions. All aircraft were recalled at 0945 as enemy forces were too close to our own Army or had already been captured by the Allies. 4000 lb ‘Cookie’ jettisoned at sea.

MANNHEIM

Fg Off G. Haywood

Target: Built-up area. Described as 'quiet' by Haywood.

COLOGNE

Fg Off G.H. Hardman

Target: Roads to the west of the Rhine leading to the Hohenzollern Bridge. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 10x 500lb, 2x 500lb, 4x 250lb bombs

CHEMNITZ

Fg Off G.H. Hardman

Operation THUNDERCLAP. Target: Built-up area. Possibly hit by flak. Load: 1x4000lb 'cookie', 1170x 4lb incendiaries

DESSAU

Fg Off G.H. Hardman

Operation THUNDERCLAP Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 2000lb, 1650x 4lb incendiaries

FISKERTON TO BRUSSELS B58

Plt Off J.W. Everitt

Operation EXODUS; the repatriation of Allied Servicemen from Brussels Airport B38 (now Melsbroek). Empty positioning flight.

BRUSSELS B58 TO FORD

Plt Off J.W. Everitt

Operation EXODUS; the repatriation of Allied Servicemen from Belgium. Load: 24 Passengers

FORD TO FISKERTON

Plt Off J.W. Everitt

Operation EXODUS Empty positioning flight back to Fiskerton

FISKERTON TO BRUSSELS B58

Plt Off J.W. Everitt

Operation EXODUS; the repatriation of Allied Servicemen from Brussels Airport B38 (now Melsbroek). Empty positioning flight.

FLENSBURG

Plt Off W.F. Weller

Exercise POST MORTEM 1

FLENSBURG

Plt Off I.L. Scott

Exercise POSTMORTEM V; a test of the German air defence network.

FISKERTON TO BARI

Flt Lt W. Addison

Operation DODGE; the repatriation of Allied troops and prisoners of war from Italy. Three Squadron aircraft were detailed for this first 'Dodge' operation from Fiskerton. The aircraft flew from Fiskerton to Bari empty and returned on 04 Aug with a load of 20 passengers to Tibenham where they disembarked and the aircraft returned to base.

BARI TO TIDENHAM

Flt Lt W. Addison

Operation DODGE 20 passengers

TIBENHAM TO FISKERTON

Flt Lt W. Addison

Operation DODGE. Empty positioning flight back to base.

FISKERTON TO POMIGLIANO

Plt Off I.L. Scott

Operation DODGE. Transit flight from Fiskerton to Pomigliano, near Naples, Italy to pick up Allied POWs. The normal crew for DODGE flights was 6 as they only carried one Air Gunner to supervise the passengers.

POMIGLIANO TO GLATTON

Plt Off I.L. Scott

Operation DODGE. After a short visit to Naples, the crew picked up 20 passengers for the long flight home from Pomigliano.

GLATTON TO FISKERTON

Plt Off I.L. Scott

Operation DODGE. Empty positioning flight back to Fiskerton, having delivered their passengers safely at Glatton.

FISKERTON TO POMIGLIANO (LANDED ISTRES)

Fg Off K. Fry

Operation 'DODGE' positioning flight. The aircraft encountered very bad weather and thunderstorms on the way and suffered an engine failure and WT receiver failure and diverted to Istres in France.

ISTRES TO POMIGLIANO

Fg Off K. Fry

Operation 'DODGE' - Transit flight to Pomigliano after some rough repairs.

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