AIRCRAFT PROFILE |
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Aircraft: |
ND859 |
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Lancaster Mk III |
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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-L2 |
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576 Squadron OPERATIONS |
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Code |
Date |
Operation |
Captain |
Events |
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UL-L2 |
13 Apr 1944 |
AIR TEST |
Plt Off K.C.G. Murray |
Air Test, A-S (200 rounds fired) |
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UL-L2 |
18 Apr 1944 |
ROUEN |
Plt Off K.C.G. Murray |
Target: Marshalling Yards (2APs) |
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UL-L2 |
20 Apr 1944 |
COLOGNE |
Plt Off K.C.G. Murray |
Target: Built-up Areas to N & W of City Centre |
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UL-L2 |
22 Apr 1944 |
DUSSELDORF |
Plt Off K.C.G. Murray |
Target: Built-up Areas to N of City Centre |
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UL-L2 |
24 Apr 1944 |
KARLSRUHE |
Plt Off K.C.G. Murray |
Target: Built-up Area |
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UL-L2 |
03 May 1944 |
MAILLY LE CAMP |
Plt Off K.C.G. Murray |
Target: Military Depot & Tank Training Centre |
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UL-L2 |
07 May 1944 |
RENNES |
Plt Off K.C.G. Murray |
Target: St.Jacques Luftwaffe Airfield & Ammunition Dump |
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UL-L2 |
09 May 1944 |
MARDYCK |
Plt Off K.C.G. Murray |
Target: 6 Gun Coastal Battery |
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UL-L2 |
11 May 1944 |
HASSELT |
Plt Off K.C.G. Murray |
Target: Marshalling Yards. Master Bomber unable to identify target visually and instructed all aircraft to return to base with their bombs. One (unidentified) a/c bombed alternate target. |
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UL-L2 |
13 May 1944 |
AIR TEST |
Plt Off K.C.G. Murray |
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UL-L2 |
19 May 1944 |
ORLEANS |
Flt Lt S.G. Hordal |
Target: Fleury-les-Aubrais marshalling yards. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs |
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UL-L2 |
21 May 1944 |
DUISBERG |
Plt Off K.C.G. Murray |
Target: Built-up Area |
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UL-L2 |
24 May 1944 |
AACHEN |
Plt Off K.C.G. Murray |
Target: Aachen West & Rothe-Erde Marshalling Yards |
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UL-L2 |
27 May 1944 |
AACHEN |
Plt Off K.C.G. Murray |
Target: Aachen East & Rothe-Erde Railway Yards |
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UL-L2 |
02 Jun 1944 |
CALAIS |
Plt Off K.C.G. Murray |
Target: Coastal Railway Battery. Most aircraft could not bomb due to cloud cover and brought their bombs back |
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UL-L2 |
03 Jun 1944 |
WIMEREUX |
Plt Off K.C.G. Murray |
Target: Coastal Battery. |
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UL-L2 |
05 Jun 1944 |
ST MARTIN DE VARREVILLE & CRISBECQ |
Plt Off K.C.G. Murray |
Target: Coastal Batteries - Crisbecq (2 Targets). Sqn aircraft were split between the two targets - not known fully which was which. Confirmation of target taken from logbook entries |
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UL-L2 |
06 Jun 1944 |
VIRE |
Plt Off K.C.G. Murray |
Target: Viaduc de Martilly, a road/rail bridge (western Aiming Point of two). Load: 18x 500lb bombs. Flown in support of the Allied invasion of Normandy. |
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UL-L2 |
10 Jun 1944 |
FLERS |
Plt Off C. Hart |
Luftwaffe FW-190 fighter airfield Load: 18x 500lb bombs |
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UL-L2 |
12 Jun 1944 |
GELSENKIRCHEN (NORDSTERN) |
Plt Off C. Hart |
Gelsenberg AG synthetic oil plant in Nordstern Load: 1,4000lb ‘Cookie’, 16x 500lb bombs |
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UL-L2 |
14 Jun 1944 |
LE HAVRE |
Plt Off J. Archibald |
Target: Docks, E-Boat pens and light naval forces harassing the Normandy beachheads. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-L2 |
22 Jun 1944 |
MIMOYECQUES |
Plt Off C. Hart |
V3 cannon construction site Load: 18x 500lb bombs |
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UL-L2 |
23 Jun 1944 |
SAINTES |
Plt Off C. Hart |
Marshalling yards Load: H2S Aircraft: 10x 1000lb, 2x 500lb bombs All other aircraft: 10x 1000lb, 3x 500lb bombs |
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UL-L2 |
25 Jun 1944 |
FLERS |
Plt Off C. Hart |
V1 flying bomb launch site Load: 18x 500lb bombs |
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UL-L2 |
27 Jun 1944 |
CHÂTEAU DE BERNAPRÉ |
Plt Off C. Hart |
V1 flying bomb launch site Load: 18x 500lb |
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UL-L2 |
29 Jun 1944 |
DOMLEGER |
Plt Off C. Hart |
V1 flying bomb storage and supply depot Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs Hit by flak – Mid-upper turret damaged |
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UL-L2 |
30 Jun 1944 |
OISEMONT / NEUVILLE AU BOIS |
Plt Off C. Hart |
V1 flying bomb launch site Load: 11x 1,000lb, 4x 500lb bombs |
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UL-L2 |
02 Jul 1944 |
DOMLEGER |
Plt Off R.E. Linklater |
Target: V1 'flying bomb' storage and supply depot. Load: 7x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-L2 |
07 Jul 1944 |
CAEN |
Fg Off R.E. Linklater |
Target: Enemy armour strongpoint on the Northern outskirts of Caen Flown in support of the Anglo-Canadian ground forces' attack on the town (Operation Charnwood). Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-L2 |
12 Jul 1944 |
REVIGNY |
Plt Off C. Hart |
Marshalling yards Load: 7x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs Deputy Master Bomber instructed aircraft to Return To Base (RTB) with bombs (‘Lysol’) as cloud was obscuring the target. Target marking was conducted by the 1 Group Special Duties Flight based at Binbrook. Lost in ND859 UL-L2. Probable mid-air collision with LM638, possibly whilst evading a night fighter. Crashed at 1400 hrs on 13 July 1944 at Giey-sur-Aujon, Haute Marne, France. Only the two gunners survived. Remembered with Honour. GIEY-SUR-AUJON CHURCHYARD. Giey-sur-Aujon is a village and commune 15 miles (24 kilometres) south-west of Chaumont and 20 kilometres west of Langres, it lies on the road from Langres to Arc-en-Barrois. Buried in a collective grave of five British airmen comprising Plt Off Hart, Sgts Greig, Jones, McHugh and Mitchell. |
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NOSE ART |
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Default Nose Image - Waiting for design |
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MOVEMENT CARDS |
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