ME801

Lancaster Mk. I

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DUISBERG

Flt Lt S.G. Hordal

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 204x 30lb incendiaries

DORTMUND

Flt Lt S.G. Hordal

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 108x 30lb, 1170x 4lb incendiaries.

AACHEN

Flt Lt S.G. Hordal

Target: Aachen West and Rothe-Erde marshalling yards. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

AACHEN

Flt Lt S.G. Hordal

Target: Aachen East and Rothe-Erde railway yards. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x500lb bombs.

CALAIS

Flt Lt S.G. Hordal

Target: Coastal railway gun battery. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. Most aircraft could not bomb due to cloud cover and brought their bombs back. It is unclear if the Hordal crew dropped their bombs.

WIMEREUX

Flt Lt S.G. Hordal

Target: Coastal gun battery. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 15x 500lb bombs. Did not take off due to engine problems.

ST MARTIN DE VARREVILLE AND CRISBECQ

Flt Lt S.G. Hordal

Target: Coastal gun battery at Crisbecq. Load: 18x 500lb bombs.

VIRE

Flt Lt S.G. Hordal

Target: Viaduc de Martilly road/rail bridge (western aiming point) and marshalling yards. Load: 18x 500lb bombs.

FLERS

Flt Lt S.G. Hordal

Target: Luftwaffe airfield.

GELSENKIRCHEN

Flt Lt S.G. Hordal

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

LE HAVRE

Flt Lt S.G. Hordal

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

STERKRADE

Flt Lt S.G. Hordal

Target: Ruhr-Chemie AG synthetic oil plant at Holten. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 16x 500lb bombs. Hordal's logbook records the flight time of 4h10 but the ORB gives 4h25.

AULNOYE

Flt Lt S.G. Hordal

Target: Road/rail bridge near the marshalling yards at Aulnoye-Aymeries. Load: 18 x 500lb bombs. The Master Bomber told crews only to bomb the TIs if visible through the low cloud. Most crews returned with the bombload intact but the Hordal crew managed to bomb at 14000ft.

SIRRACOURT

Flt Lt S.G. Hordal

Target: V1 flying bomb site. Load: tbc. The operation cancelled just after seven aircraft (including Hordal's ME801) had departed. Recalled by R/T.

MIMOYECQUES

Flt Lt S.G. Hordal

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

SAINTES

Flt Lt S.G. Hordal

Target: Marshalling yards. Load: H2S Aircraft: 10x 1000lb, 2x 500lb bombs; all other aircraft: 10x 1000lb, 3x 500lb bombs. ME801 was probably equipped with H2S tbc.

FLERS

Flt Lt S.G. Hordal

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

DOMLEGER

Plt Off S.G. Hordal

Target: V1 flying bomb storage and supply depot. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. This was the Hordal crew's final operation on 576 Squadron.

STETTIN

Fg Off J. MacDonald

Target: Port Area V1 Flying Bomb Launch Site Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs

LE HAVRE

Fg Off J. MacDonald

Enemy strongpoints. R/T failure – unable to bomb – could notidentify target

LE HAVRE

Fg Off J. MacDonald

Enemy strongpoint ½ mile SW of the Forêt de Montgeon

FRANKFURT

Plt Off K.L. Trent

Target: Marshalling Yards. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 14x Type 14 incendiary clusters, and 120x 4lb incendiaries. Riccomini records take-off at 1825; the ORB records state 1815. Awaiting verification.

ARNHOLT

Plt Off K.L. Trent

Target: 'Gardening' (mine-laying) in the Kattegat near Arnholt (code name 'Silverthorne'. Load: 4x 1800lb and 6x 1500lb mines. Riccomini logs 7h05.

LEEUWARDEN

Plt Off K.L. Trent

Target: Luftwaffe airfield. Flown in support of Operation MARKET GARDEN. Load: 20x 500lb bombs. During the take-off run an engine failed, causing the aircraft to swing. No one was injured but the flight was abandoned. The aircraft was undamaged and flew a successful air test the following day.

FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN)

Plt Off K.L. Trent

Target: Enemy gun position to the north of the town. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

CALAIS (SANGATTE)

Fg Off J. MacDonald

Coastal guns & defences

CALAIS

Fg Off J. MacDonald

Enemy troops and gun positions. Master Bomber instructed crews to RTB with bombs due cloud cover over target area Unable to bomb due to cloud cover - bombs brought back. ORB shows Pym as AB (but likely wrong) as Weir has this in his logbook

CAP GRIS-NEZ

Fg Off J. MacDonald

6” Coastal Gun Battery

SAARBRUCKEN

Fg Off J. MacDonald

Marshalling yards. Aircraft diverted on the return due to fog at base. Diverted Wratting Common Landed on 3 engines – aircraft left there for repair. Crew returned to base with Trent crew in LM227 on 6 Oct 44.

DUISBERG

Fg Off J. MacDonald

Operation HURRICANE – 3 aircraft detailed to attack August Thyssen Steelworks (C2, G2, M2), rest detailed to attack 4 APs (mines and coke ovens) in the Hamborn area (19 a/c). Thyseen steelworks. Instructed to bomb visually. C2,G2,M2: 13x 1000lb, 4x500lb bombs

DUISBERG

Fg Off J. MacDonald

Built up area to N of docks B2,K2,M2: 1x 4000lb, 2,732x 4lb incendiaries. Returned early - engine failure on take off. All other a/c: 12x 1000lb & 4x 500lb bombs.

ESSEN

Fg Off H.R. McClelland

Target: Built-up and industrial areas, including the Krupps works. Load: 11x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs.

FREIBURG

Fg Off D.C. Smith

Target: Troop concentrations in the built-up area. Flown in support of the French 1st Army. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 6x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs.

DORTMUND

Fg Off D.C. Smith

Target: Industrial and rail targets within the built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 6x 1000lb, 8x 500lb bombs. FIDO in use for the landing at Fiskerton due to fog.

ZEITZ - TROGLITZ

Plt Off R.R.J. Young

Target: Braunkohle-Benzin synthetic oil plant (low grade MT oil). Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 12x 500lb bombs. Involved in combat with an unidentified aircraft - no claim made.

CHEMNITZ

Fg Off D.E. Till

Operation THUNDERCLAP - City. Load: B, C, F, J, K, N: 1x 2000lb, 1478x 4lb incendiaries. L: 1x 2000lb, 1650x 4lb incendiaries. All other a/c: 1x 4000lb, 1170x 4lb incendiaries. Derek Till: 'On Feb 14th, we all groaned in disbelief when the curtain in the briefing room was drawn back to reveal a track that was almost a straight line across Germany to Chemnitz, close to the Polish border. I believe that this target was the farthest east to be attacked from England. We were told that the Joint Chiefs of Staff had laid it on at Stalin's request. We were over enemy territory for about five hours - it was somewhat nerve wracking, and the total time of almost nine hours left us completely shagged out.'

COLOGNE

Flt Lt P. Sleight

Roads to West of the Rhine leading to Hohenzollern Bridge. Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 10x 500lb, 2x 500lb, and 4x 250lb bombs. Bombed at 14,500ft.

BREMEN

Plt Off D.J. Sullivan

Target: Bremen - Deutsche Vacuum oil refinery, Oslebhausen; close to docks on North outskirts of city Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’ and 16x 500lb bombs Starboard inner oil tank holed by flak. Lost two engines and returned to base on two. Hit over German coast. ‘Mayday’ declared over Zuider Zee

HELIGOLAND

Fg Off K. Fry

Target: Naval base, submarine repair yards, airfield & built-up area. Load: 12x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

VALKENBURG-LEIDEN AIRFIELD

A.W. Roberts

Operation MANNA (emergency food supplies to the starving Dutch population) Load: All aircraft: 4 blocks

VALKENBURG-LEIDEN AIRFIELD

A.W. Roberts

Operation MANNA (emergency food supplies to the starving Dutch population) Load: All aircraft: 4 blocks

ROTTERDAM

A.W. Roberts

Operation MANNA (emergency food supplies to the starving Dutch population). Load: All aircraft: 4 blocks

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