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Lancaster Mk. I

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AUBIGNE-RACAN

WO A.H. Young

Target: Ammunition Depot. Load: 11x 1000lb, 5x 500lb bombs

RENNES

WO A.H. Young

Target: St Jacques Luftwaffe airfield and ammunition dump. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs.

HASSELT

WO A.H. Young

Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. The Master Bomber was unable to identify the target visually and instructed all aircraft to return to base with their bombs.

DORTMUND

Plt Off K.C.G. Murray

Target: Built-up Area

CALAIS

WO A.H. Young

Target: Coastal railway battery. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. Most aircraft could not bomb due to cloud cover and brought their bombs back - it is not known what this crew did.

WIMEREUX

WO A.H. Young

Coastal gun battery. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 15x 500lb bombs.

ST MARTIN DE VARREVILLE AND CRISBECQ

WO A.H. Young

Target: Coastal gun batteries. Load: 18x 500lb bombs. This was the bombardment of the coastal defence guns on the eve of D-Day. It is not known which one of the two batteries was attacked by the Young crew.

VIRE

WO A.H. Young

Target: Two aiming points: a road/rail bridge, and the marshalling yards. It is not known which target was designated for the Young crew.

FLERS

WO A.H. Young

Target: Luftwaffe airfield. Load: 18x 500lb bombs

GELSENKIRCHEN

WO A.H. Young

Target: The Nordstern synthetic oil plant (Gelsenberg AG). Load: 1,4000lb ‘cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs.

LE HAVRE

WO A.H. Young

Target: Docks and E-boat pens. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

STERKRADE

WO A.H. Young

Target: The Ruhr-Chemie AG synthetic oil plant at Holten. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs.

AULNOYE

WO A.H. Young

Target: Road/rail bridge near the marshalling yards at Aulnoye-Aymeries. Load: 18x 500lb bombs. The Master Bomber told crews to bomb the TI’s if visible through the low cloud, and if not, to go home. Most crews returned with bombload intact. It is not known if the Young crew dropped their bombs or not.

MIMOYECQUES

WO A.H. Young

Target: V3 cannon launch site. Load: 18x 500lb bombs

SAINTES

WO A.H. Young

Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs

FLERS

WO A.H. Young

Target: V1 'flying bomb' launch site. Load: 18x 500lb bombs.

CHATEAU DE BERNAPRE

WO A.H. Young

Target: V1 'flying bomb' launch site. Load: 18x 500lb bombs.

DOMLEGER

WO A.H. Young

Target: V1 'flying bomb' storage and supply depot. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

OISEMONT / NEUVILLE AU BOIS

WO A.H. Young

V1 'flying bomb' launch site. Load: 11x 1,000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

DOMLEGER

WO A.H. Young

Target: V1 'flying bomb' storage and supply depot. Load: 7x 1,000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

ORLEANS

Flt Off C. Sawyer

Target: Marshalling yards. Bombed at 0136 from 11,000 ft. Pickup: 'Brilliant moon - clear sky over target. Light & heavy flak - S/Ls. No fighters seen'.

DIJON

Flt Off C. Sawyer

Target: Marshalling yards. Pickup: 'Brilliant moon. Heavy flak over target. No fighters seen. Uneventful'. Diverted to Coningsby due to low cloud at base. Although Sgt Martin is listed in the ORB as the FE for this operation; there is evidence to suggest that it was not him and probably was Sgt Butterfield (tbc)

PARIS (DUGNY)

Flt Lt R. Bibby

Aviation fuel storage depot. Spitfire escort.

PARIS (DUGNY)

Flt Lt R. Bibby

Aviation fuel storage depot. Spitfire escort

RUSSELSHEIM

Fg Off E.A. Cartwright

Target: Opel factory for aircraft wings & fuselages, and the built-up area Load: 1x 4000lb 'Cookie' and 12x 500lb clusters containing 4lb incendiaries. Enemy Me-410 sighted but did not engage

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