AIRCRAFT PROFILE |
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Aircraft: |
ME583 |
Type: |
Lancaster Mk. I |
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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-F2 |
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29 Apr 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-K2 |
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30 Apr 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-F2 |
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12 Jun 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-T2 |
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23 Jun 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-T2 |
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576 Squadron OPERATIONS |
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Code |
Date |
Operation |
Captain |
Events |
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UL-F2 |
14 Jan 1944 |
BRUNSWICK |
Flt Lt C.A.B. Johnson |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries. Experienced engine trouble and could not make Brunswick so bombed Texel Island as last resort. |
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UL-F2 |
20 Jan 1944
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BERLIN |
Sgt A.C. Blackie |
Target: Built-up area |
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UL-F2 |
21 Jan 1944 |
MAGDEBURG |
Sgt A.C. Blackie |
Target: Built-up area |
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UL-F2 |
27 Jan 1944 |
BERLIN |
Sgt A.C. Blackie |
Target: Built-up area |
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UL-F2 |
28 Jan 1944 |
BERLIN |
Sgt A.C. Blackie |
Target: Built-up area |
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UL-F2 |
30 Jan 1944 |
BERLIN |
Sgt A.C. Blackie |
Target: Built-up area |
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UL-F2 |
15 Feb 1944 |
BERLIN |
Sgt A.L. Puttock |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries. |
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UL-F2 |
19 Feb 1944 |
LEIPZIG |
Sgt A.L. Puttock |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries. |
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UL-F2 |
20 Feb 1944 |
STUTTGART |
Flt Sgt A.L. Puttock |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries. It appears that, for some reason, that the Puttock crew did not fly again as a crew until 18 April. |
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UL-F2 |
10 Apr 1944 |
AULNOYE |
Plt Off K.C.G. Murray |
Target: Marshalling Yards |
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UL-T2 |
12 Jun 1944 |
GELSENKIRCHEN |
Flt Off R.J. Sarvis |
Target: Gelsenberg AG synthetic oil plant, Nordstern |
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UL-T2 |
14 Jun 1944 |
LE HAVRE |
Flt Off R.J. Sarvis |
Target: Docks and ‘E’-Boat pens. |
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UL-T2 |
17 Jun 1944 |
AULNOYE |
Flt Off R.J. Sarvis |
Target: Road/rail bridge near the marshalling yards at Aulnoye-Aymeries. Low cloud obscured the Target Indicators so the Master Bomber ordered crews to return to base with their bombload. |
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UL-T2 |
23 Jun 1944 |
SAINTES |
Plt Off W.R. Ireland |
Target: Marshalling yards & military stores. Load: 10x 1000lb & 2x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-T2 |
24 Jun 1944 |
FLERS |
Flt Off R.J. Sarvis |
Target: V1 flying bomb launch site. |
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UL-T2 |
27 Jun 1944 |
CHATEAU DE BERNAPRE |
Flt Off R.J. Sarvis |
Target: V1 flying bomb launch site. |
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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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