AIRCRAFT PROFILE |
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Aircraft: |
ME317 |
Type: |
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-C2 |
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17 Dec 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-C2 |
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02 Jan 1945 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-C2 |
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576 Squadron OPERATIONS |
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Code |
Date |
Operation |
Captain |
Events |
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UL-C2 |
11 Nov 1944 |
DORTMUND |
Plt Off R.S. Bastick |
Target: Hoesch Benzin GmbH synthetic oil plant. Damaged by flak. Bombed at 16,000 ft. Load: 1x 4000lb, 6x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-C2 |
16 Nov 1944 |
DUREN |
Fg Off R.S. Bastick |
Target: Enemy positions & lines of communication. Damaged by light flak. Flown in support of American 1st & 9th Armies. Bombed at 10,000ft. Load: 1x 4000lb, 6x 1000lb, 7x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-C2 |
21 Nov 1944 |
ASCHAFFENBURG |
Fg Off R.S. Bastick |
Target: Marshalling yards. Bombed at 12,500 ft. Load: 1x 4000lb, 16x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-C2 |
04 Dec 1944 |
KARLSRUHE |
Fg Off H.F. Benson |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 14x No.14 incendiary clusters, and 120x 4lb incendiaries. |
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UL-C2 |
17 Dec 1944 |
ULM |
Fg Off O.R. Herbert |
Target: Marshalling yards, and Magirius-Deutz and the Kassbohrer lorry factories |
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UL-C2 |
02 Jan 1945 |
NUREMBURG |
Fg Off O.R. Herbert |
Target: Marshalling yards and built-up area. |
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UL-C2 |
07 Jan 1945 |
MUNICH |
Fg Off I.R. Carter |
Industrial and transport area Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 1492x 4lb incendiaries |
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UL-C2 |
16 Jan 1945 |
ZEITZ |
Fg Off C.J. Rouse |
Braunkohle-Benzin synthetic oil plant |
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UL-C2 |
28 Jan 1945 |
STUTTGART/ZUFFENHAUSEN |
Fg Off I.R. Carter |
Hirth aero-engine factory & Boash ignition works Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’ and 12x 500lb bombs. (First force attacked the railyards at Kornwestheim) |
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UL-C2 |
01 Feb 1945 |
LUDWIGSHAFEN |
Fg Off C.T. Dalziel |
Marshalling yards, factories & troop positions. (Mannheim) Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 1620x 4lb incendiaries |
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UL-C2 |
02 Feb 1945 |
WIESBADEN |
Fg Off C.T. Dalziel |
Built-up Area (where large amounts of troops were resting) Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 1604x 4lb incendiaries Took off late and could not catch main force. Instructed to abort at 50°40N 04°00E. 4000lb ‘Cookie’ jettisoned. |
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UL-C2 |
08 Feb 1945 |
POLITZ |
Fg Off C.T. Dalziel |
IG Farben synthetic oil plant 5333.5N 01444.5E Master Bomber: Snodgrass 1 & 2 MF: Press On |
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UL-C2 |
23 Feb 1945 |
PFORZHEIM |
Fg Off C.J. Rouse |
Operation THUNDERCLAP - Built-up area 4852N 00842E Ball bearing factory Master Bomber : Blacktie 1,2 & 3 MF: Wastepipe |
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UL-C2 |
08 Mar 1945 |
KASSEL |
Fg Off I.R. Carter |
Built-Up Area Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’ and 1470x 4lb incendiaries. |
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UL-C2 |
11 Mar 1945 |
ESSEN |
Fg Off I.R. Carter |
Built-up area - Flown in support of advancing Allied ground forces Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs |
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UL-C2 |
15 Mar 1945 |
MISBURG |
Flt Sgt P.F. Sattler |
Deurag oil refinery Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 1320x 4lb incendiaries. |
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UL-C2 |
16 Mar 1945 |
NUREMBURG |
Flt Sgt P.F. Sattler |
Built-up area Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 1470x 4lb incendiaries. Failed to return. Possibly shot down by Maj Herbert Lutje of Stab NJG-6 at 2133 and 4,500m some 30km SW Nuremburg. Flt Sgt P F Sattler RAAF PoW Sgt W E A Jeffery killed Fg Off N Whiteley PoW Sgt P F Garner PoW Sgt W Walker killed Sgt K G Durston killed Sgt D F Wood killed |
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NOSE ART |
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Default Nose Image - Waiting for design |
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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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