LM439

Lancaster Mk III

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BERLIN

Fg Off G.S. Morgan

Target: Built-up Area

BERLIN

Fg Off G.S. Morgan

Target: Built-up Areas

BERLIN

Fg Off G.S. Morgan

Target: Built-up Area

BERLIN

Sgt R.R. Reed

Target: Built-up Area

LEIPZIG

Fg Off F.S. Barnsdale

Target: Built-up Area

SCHWEINFURT

Flt Lt G.S. Morgan

Target: Built-up Area

AUGSBURG

Flt Lt G.S. Morgan

Target: Aircraft factories

STUTTGART

Flt Lt G.S. Morgan

Built-up Area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 96x 30lb incendiaries, 750x 4lb incendiaries

FRANKFURT

Flt Lt G.S. Morgan

Target: Built-up Area

FRANKFURT

Flt Lt G.S. Morgan

Target: Built-up Area

BERLIN

Flt Lt G.S. Morgan

Target: Built-up Area. Diverted West Raynham. Engine problems (a/c left at West Raynham)

AACHEN

Flt Lt G.S. Morgan

Target: Marshalling Yards

COLOGNE

Flt Lt G.S. Morgan

Target: Built-up Areas to N & W of City Centre

MAINTENON

Flt Lt S.G. Hordal

Target: Ammunition dump. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

MAILLY LE CAMP

Flt Lt S.G. Hordal

Target: Military depot and tank training centre. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 16x 500lb bombs.

RENNES

Flt Lt S.G. Hordal

Target: Rennes/St Jacques Luftwaffe airfield and ammunition dump. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 16x 500lb bombs.

MARDYCK

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Target: 6-gun coastal battery

DIEPPE

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Target: Howitzer battery Rear gunner shown as F Green in records but likely to be A L or N W Green

ORLEANS

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Target: Fleury-Les-Aubrais marshalling yards. Landed Elsham Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs 4 aircraft diverted – not yet identified Landed Elsham

DUISBERG

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Target: Built-up Area Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 204x 30lb incendiaries

DORTMUND

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Target: Built-up Area Ruhr Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 108x 30lb and 1170x 4lb incendiaries

AACHEN

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Target: Aachen West marshalling yards. Engaged in combat by an Me-109 (no report found). Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

AACHEN

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Target: Rothe Erde marshalling yards. Engaged in combat with an unidentified night fighter (no report found). Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x500lb bombs.

FLERS

Plt Off J. Archibald

Target: Luftwaffe FW-190 fighter airfield. Load: 18x 500lb bombs.

GELSENKIRCHEN

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant (Gelsenberg AG) Load: 1,4000lb ‘Cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs

LE HAVRE

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Target: Docks & "E" Boat Pens and light naval forces which were harassing the Normandy beachheads Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs

STERKRADE

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Target: Rhur-Chemie AG Synthetic Oil Plant at Holten. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs 8 crews from 576 and 103 engaged in COMBATS

AULNOYE

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Target: Road/rail bridge near the marshalling yards at Aulnoye-Aymeries. Load: 18x 500lb bombs Master Bomber told crews to bomb the Target Indicators if visible through the low cloud, and if not, to go home. Most crews returned with bombload intact. Did not bomb due to low cloud obscuring target and Tis, and returned with bombs.

SIRRACOURT

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Target: Flying Bomb Site. Operation cancelled just after 7 aircraft had departed. Recalled by R/T. Known so far - LM352, LM439, LL799, ME800 & ND903. Not recorded in Record of Events Load: TBC

MIMOYECQUES

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Target: V3 Cannon Construction Site. Load: 18x 500lb bombs

DOMLEGER

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Target: V1 Flying Bomb Storage Site and Supply Depot. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs

OISEMONT / NEUVILLE AU BOIS

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

V1 flying bomb launch site. Load: 11x 1,000lb, 4x 500lb bombs

ORLEANS

Plt Off R.C. Bailey

Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 18x 500lb bombs. The Bailey crew is not listed as partaking in this operation in the Squadron ORB, but is listed in Bailey's logbook.

REVIGNY

Flt Sgt A.d.L. Greig

Target: Marshalling Yards. Load: 7x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. The Deputy Master Bomber instructed aircraft to RTB with 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 Dunholme Lodge due to poor weather at Elsham Wolds.

REVIGNY

Flt Sgt A.d.L. Greig

Target: Marshalling Yards. Load: 7x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. Returned early due to failure of both outboard engines. Bombs were jettisoned and the crew diverted to Stanton Harcourt. Aircraft was UL-J2.

KIEL

Plt Off J.E. Brown

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 UL-I2 carried 1x 2000lb bomb and 18x ‘J’ Type incendiary clusters (Mason diary) One Squadron aircraft (unidentified) had engine problems and had to jettison just before reaching target Sgt E R James: ‘In the same old J2. Medium to light flak, very few searchlights; never saw a fighter. Quite a nice trip took 5:30 hrs. Receiver in wireless went u/s but OK after changing valve. Used emergency working. No damage to aircraft at all. Saw no kites shot down, although a few were. Good prang; saw fires through thick clouds.’

STUTTGART

Plt Off J.E. Brown

Built-up area Load: 1x 2000lb bomb, 12x cluster bombs, each containing 14x 30lb ‘J’-Type incendiaries COMBAT – Attacked by Fw190 ORB gives UL-D2 ME854

STUTTGART

Plt Off J.E. Brown

Engineering workshops Load: MkIII a/c: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 11x 500lb bpmbs. H2S a/c: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 10x 500lb bombs (N2, and…) Several aircraft damaged by flak and night fighters. Combat - attacked by Ju88.

PAUILLAC

Fg Off J.E. Brown

Oil storage depot Load: 9x1000lb, 3x 500lb bombs E R James: ‘Back again in J2. Target was an oil refinery. Escorted by Mosquitoes and Spitfires. Real good trip and a real smashing prang. Smoke up to 10,000ft. Not one burst of flak and no fighters. Saw huge flames after oil tanks had been hit. Two tankers were hit. Went out about 100ft above the sea. Altogether the best trip up to now, although it took 8:15 hrs.’

BLAYE

Fg Off J.E. Brown

Oil storage depot. Mosquito and Spitfire escort Load: 9x 1000lb, 3x 500lb bombs E R James: ‘In J2. Target another oil refinery; escorted by Spitfires and Mosquitoes. Quite a decent trip similar to Pauillac, just opposite side of the river. Just a bit of flak. One Ju88 got into the stream but was last seen heading East with a few Mosquitoes on its tail. Not quite as good a prang as yesterday’s but a nice trip. It took 8:25 hrs. Diverted to Worksop.’

FONTENAY-LE-MARMION

Fg Off J.E. Brown

Concentration of enemy armour in battle area S of Caen Load: 11x1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs Flown in support of Operation TOTALISE Five Squadron aircraft in the final phase of the attack were instructed not to bomb and to retturn to base (RTB) with bombload – aiming point obscured by smoke & dust. All other aircraft bombed. E R James: ‘Target: German defences holding up our troops. Just light flak. A few enemy night fighters. Rear gunner saw one but it didn’t see us, thank the Lord. Very unsatisfactory raid. PFF ran out of target indicators. We brought all our bombs back. Trip took 4:10 hrs. Kite was J2. PS That was our last trip from 576 Squadron and as PFF had boobed on the trip, we thought we would try our hand at it!’

WEMAERS CAPPEL

Flt Lt R. Bibby

V1 Launching Site. Aircraft failed to return, having exploded in mid-air. It came down in a flooded area on the coast at Ambleteuse between Boulogne and Cap Griz Nez, the tail falling in a field. Flt Lt Bibby and Fg Off Armstrong were the only survivors and were taken POW. Allen and Duerr are buried at Calais Southern Cemetery, Maiden at Marquise Community Cemetery, and Johnston and Backler at the Calais Canadian War Cemetery in Leubringhen.

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