LM532

Lancaster Mk III

Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created

UL-A²

Initial record to be updated when first event found

UL-A²

Plt Off J.R. Stedman

Binbrook - Base Crew composition to be confirmed

Plt Off R. Whalley

Base - Binbrook Stedman 2nd pilot - crew composition to be confirmed

AACHEN

Plt Off D.W. McIvor

Target: Aachen East & Rothe-Erde marshalling yards. 11x 1000lb, 16x 500lb bombs. ‘Second Dickie’

CALAIS

Plt Off C. Hart

Coastal gun battery The attacks against gun batteries in the Pas de Calais was part of a plan to deceive the Germans that the forthcoming invasion was to be in this area, and not Normandy. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs Most aircraft could not bomb due to cloud cover and brought their bombs back

WIMEREUX (BOULOGNE)

Plt Off C. Hart

Coastal railway gun battery The attack was part of the plan to deceive the Germans that the forthcoming invasion was to be in this area, and not Normandy. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 16 or 15x 500lb bombs

ST MARTIN DE VARREVILLE & CRISBECQ

Plt Off C. Hart

Coastal gun batteries (2 targets) Load: 18x 500lb bombs. Rainey states 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb Squadron aircraft were split between the two targets – not known fully which was which. Confirmation of target taken from logbook entries. Bombardment of the coastal batteries on the eve of the D-Day invasion of France.

AULNOYE

Plt Off D.W. McIvor

Target: Road/rail bridge near the marshalling yards at Aulnoye-Aymeries. Load: 18x 500lb bombs. The Master Bomber instructed crews to bomb the TI’s if visible through the low cloud, and if not, to go home. The McIvor crew returned with their bombload intact. This was Plt Off Bailey's 'second dickie' trip.

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