AIRCRAFT PROFILE |
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Aircraft: |
LM651 |
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Lancaster Mk III |
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AIRCRAFT HISTORY |
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Date |
Event |
Sqn Code |
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25 Nov 1943 |
Initial record to be updated when first event found |
UL-Z2 |
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19 Jul 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-D2 |
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20 Jul 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-Z2 |
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03 Oct 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-Z2 |
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576 Squadron OPERATIONS |
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Code |
Date |
Operation |
Captain |
Events |
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UL-Z2 |
18 Jul 1944 |
SCHOLVEN / BUER |
Flt Off C. Sawyer |
Target: Synthetic oil plant. Bombed at 0131 from 20,000 ft. Rear gunner (Sgt Simpson) hit by flak and badly wounded. Pickup: 'Very intense heavy flak. R/G shot up in upper left arm. Spent time over target giving him morphine injections etc. Glad back'. There is evidence to suggest that Sgt Martin (FE) was probably replaced by Sgt Butterfield (tbc). |
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UL-D2 |
19 Jul 1944 |
AIR TEST |
Flt Off C. Sawyer |
Air test on LM651. Rear gunner not known. |
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UL-Z2 |
20 Jul 1944 |
WIZERNES |
Flt Off C. Sawyer |
Target: Construction site for a V2 rocket and bunker complex known as ‘La Coupole’ Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. Bombed from 13,000 ft at 2004 hrs. Described as, 'Spasmodic heavy flak - piece of cake.' Either Sgt L B Martin or Sgt C Butterfield flew as Flight Engineer tbc PD: ‘Spasmodic heavy flak – piece of cake’ |
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UL-Z2 |
03 Oct 1944 |
WESTKAPELLE |
Fg Off D.C. Smith |
Target: Walcheren Island sea wall. Flown in support of Operation INFATUATE. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 8x 1000lb, 1x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-Z2 |
05 Oct 1944 |
SAARBRUCKEN |
Fg Off W.H. Hepburn |
Built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 14x 4lb incendiary clusters The attack on the built-up area was successful. Aircraft diverted on the return due to fog at base Diverted to Wratting Common TBC |
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UL-Z2 |
07 Oct 1944 |
EMMERICH |
Fg Off W.H. Hepburn |
Enemy strong point within the built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ & 2520x 4lb incendiaries Aircraft diverted on the return due to low cloud at base – only 5 aircraft landed at Elsham, the others landed at Sandtoft or Lindholme. |
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UL-Z2 |
12 Oct 1944 |
FORT FREDERIK HENDRIK, BRESKENS |
Fg Off W.H. Hepburn |
Coastal Battery (1st aiming point from 11 Oct) Load: 13x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-Z2 |
14 Oct 1944 |
DUISBERG |
Fg Off D.C. Smith |
Operation HURRICANE. Target: Four aiming points (mines and coke ovens) in the Hamborn district. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie' and 108x 30lb & 1170x 4lb incendiaries. |
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UL-Z2 |
14 Oct 1944 |
DUISBERG |
Fg Off D.C. Smith |
Operation HURRICANE. Target: The built-up area to the north of the docks. Rear gunner Sgt Lloyd was replaced by an unknown gunner. |
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UL-Z2 |
19 Oct 1944 |
STUTTGART |
Fg Off H.R. McClelland |
Target: Bad Constatt marshalling yards. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie' and 1,800x 4lb incendiaries. Flew first wave of the attack. |
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UL-Z2 |
11 Nov 1944 |
DORTMUND |
Fg Off H.R. McClelland |
Target: The Hoesch Benzin GmbH synthetic oil plant. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 6x 1000lb and 6x 500lb bombs. |
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NOSE ART |
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AIRCRAFT IMAGES |
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MOVEMENT CARDS |
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LOSS CARDS |
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LOSS/INCIDENT REPORT |
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