AIRCRAFT PROFILE |
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Aircraft: |
ME811 |
Type: |
Lancaster Mk. I |
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Contractor: |
A.V.Roe |
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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-S2 |
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576 Squadron OPERATIONS |
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Code |
Date |
Operation |
Captain |
Events |
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UL-S2 |
02 Jun 1944 |
CALAIS |
Fg Off G.A.J. Bain |
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 if the Bain crew was one of those. Flight time in William's logbook stated as 3:35. |
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UL-S2 |
03 Jun 1944 |
WIMEREUX |
Fg Off G.A.J. Bain |
Target: Coastal gun battery. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie' and 15 or 16 500lb bombs. Given as 'Boulogne' in Williams' logbook. |
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UL-S2 |
05 Jun 1944 |
ST MARTIN DE VARREVILLE |
Fg Off G.A.J. Bain |
Target: Coastal gun battery. Load: 18x 500lb bombs. Bombardment of the coastal batteries on the eve of the D-Day invasion of France. |
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UL-S2 |
06 Jun 1944 |
VIRE |
Fg Off G.A.J. Bain |
Target: Road/rail bridge (Western Aiming Point). Load: 18x 500lb bombs. Aircraft hit by cannon and machine gun from an enemy fighter. Caught fire but dropped its bombs before being forced to abandon shortly afterwards. The full story is detailed below. Sgt Humphreys was the only one who did not bail out and was killed. The other crew evaded but Flt Sgt Walkty was taken POW. |
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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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