AIRCRAFT PROFILE |
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Aircraft: |
ME492 |
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Lancaster Mk III |
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AIRCRAFT HISTORY |
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Event |
Sqn Code |
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25 Nov 1943 |
Initial record to be updated when first event found |
UL-J2 |
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14 Apr 1945 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-J |
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14 Apr 1945 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-J |
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14 Apr 1945 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-J |
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25 Jun 1945 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-J |
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576 Squadron OPERATIONS |
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Code |
Date |
Operation |
Captain |
Events |
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UL-J2 |
02 Mar 1945 |
COLOGNE |
Fg Off B.H. O'Neill |
Target: Roads to the west of the Rhine leading to the Hohenzollern Bridge. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 10x 500lb, 2x 500lb, 4x 250lb bombs. A note in George's logbook simply says, 'Oh happy daylight!!'. For an unknown reason, Haakstad was replaced as Air Bomber by Patterson. Described by O'Neill as 'Short trip. Flak slight but accurate. Good prang'. |
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UL-J2 |
05 Mar 1945 |
CHEMNITZ |
Fg Off D.E. Till |
Built-up area – Flown in support of Operation THUNDERCLAP. Load: D, F, H, M, N, P, X, Y: 1x4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 1170x 4lb incendiaries. Derek Till: 'A week later we were depressed to discover that Chemnitz was again the target - this time the trip took 9 hours 15 minutes, my longest. Although the target was not heavily defended and it was getting towards the end of the war (although we didn't know it at the time), the long flight was grueling, the danger of night fighter attacks still present, and it was hard for us to stay sharp over such a long period.' All other aircraft: 1x 2000lb bomb and 1650x 4lb incendiaries. |
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UL-J2 |
07 Mar 1945 |
DESSAU |
Flt Lt P. Sleight |
Built-up area Load: D, G, H, K, L, M, N, W, X, Z: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 1170x 4lb incendiaries All other aircraft: 1x 2000lb, 1650x 4lb incendiaries Bombed at 19,000ft. |
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UL-J2 |
11 Mar 1945 |
ESSEN |
Fg Off E.K. Pollard |
Built-up area - Flown in support of advancing Allied ground forces RUHR. Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-J2 |
31 Mar 1945 |
HAMBURG |
Sgt D.H. Hogg |
Blohm & Voss U-boat building and engineering yards. Load: 12x 1000lb, 3x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-J2 |
04 Apr 1945 |
LUTZKENDORF |
Fg Off E.K. Pollard |
Wintershall AG synthetic oil refinery. Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb, 10x 500lb |
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UL-J |
14 Apr 1945 |
CUXHAVEN |
D.J. Sullivan |
Target: Cuxhaven - Harbour. Flown as a diversion to the main raid on Potsdam 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’ and 16x 500lb bombs |
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UL-J |
25 Jun 1945 |
FLENSBURG |
Flt Lt J.D. Mortimer |
Exercise POSTMORTEM; an evaluation of the German air defence network |
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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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