12 Mosquitoes bombed a power-station and railway yards at Trier. Both targets were hit. A local report says that 21 people were killed in the attack but gives no other detail. No Mosquitoes were lost.
A lone Lancaster of 103 Squadron, again piloted by Squadron Leader C. O'Donoghue, set out to bomb the town of Emmerich just over the German border, but the Lancaster was shot down over Holland and the crew were all killed.
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. Flew Wellingtons, Halifaxes and Lancasters until the end of the war; based at East Moor and Leeming.
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
Raids Flown
4
Group Wellingtons - 11 bombing, 8 minelaying
6
Group Wellingtons - 31 bombing, 15 minelaying
6
Group Halifaxes - 172 bombing, 17 minelaying
6
Group Lancasters - 8 bombing, 5 minelaying
Total - 222 bombing, 45 minelaying = 267 raids
Sorties and Losses
4
Group Wellingtons - 158 sorties, 7 aircraft lost (4.4 percent)
6
Group Wellingtons - 384 sorties, 21 aircraft lost (5.5 percent)
6
Group Halifaxes - 2,519 sorties, 49 aircraft lost (1.9 percent)
6
Group Lancasters -114 sorties, 1 aircraft lost (0.9 percent)
Total - 3,175 sorties, 78 aircraft lost (2.5 percent)
POINTS OF INTEREST
Suffered the most Wellington losses in 6 Group.
431 (IROQUOIS) SQUADRON
SERVICE
Formed in 4 Group on
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and flew weather-reconnaissance flights for Bomber Command and the American Eighth Air Force until the end of the war. Unarmed Mosquitoes were used for all of these flights.
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
1409 Flight flew 1,364 sorties and lost 3 aircraft (0.2 percent) on 632 occasions (mostly days).
The reference books were Lancaster - The Story of a Famous Bomber by Bruce Robertson (Harleyford, 1964) and The Stirling File by Bryce Gomersall (Air Britain and Aviation Archaeologists Publications, 1979); Robertson's work covered Manchesters as well as Lancasters.
76 Squadron's aircrew casualties are from To See the Dawn Breaking, a history of 76 Squadron by W. R. Chorley, published privately in 1981.
The 158 Squadron casualty figures are from a squadron history, In Brave Company by W. R. Chorley and R. N. Ben well, published privately in 1977.
1 GROUP
SORTIES AND LOSSES
Battles - 287 sorties, 6 aircraft lost (2.1 percent)
Wellingtons - 12,170 sorties, 395 aircraft lost (3.2 percent)
Halifaxes - 137 sorties, 12 aircraft lost (8.8 percent)
Lancasters - 43,836 sorties, 1,016 aircraft lost (2.3 percent)
Total - 56,430 sorties, 1,429 aircraft lost (2.5 percent)
At least 199 Lancasters were destroyed in crashes; other types not known.
2 GROUP
SORTIES AND LOSSES
Blenheims - 11,311 sorties, 421 aircraft lost (3.7 percent)
Bostons - 1,215 sorties, 41 aircraft lost (3.4 percent)
Fortresses - 52 sorties, 3 aircraft lost (4.0 percent)
Mosquitoes - 793 sorties, 40 aircraft lost (5.0 percent)
Venturas - 868 sorties, 31 aircraft lost (3.6 percent)
Mitchells - 221 sorties, 6 aircraft lost (2.7 percent)
Total - 14,460 sorties, 542 aircraft lost (3.7 percent)
At least 78 Blenheims, 3 Bostons and 1 Ventura were destroyed in crashes; other types not known.
3 GROUP
SORTIES AND LOSSES
Wellingtons - 20,584 sorties, 608 aircraft lost (3.0 percent)
Stirlings - 15,895 sorties, 577 aircraft lost (3.6 percent)
Lancasters - 26,462 sorties, 380 aircraft lost (1.4 percent)
Other types (mostly on Resistance and R.C.M. operations) - 3,672 sorties, 103 aircraft lost (2.8 percent)
Total - 66,613 sorties, 1,668 aircraft lost (2.5 percent)
At least 227 Stirlings and 78 Lancasters were destroyed in crashes; other types not known.
4 GROUP
SORTIES AND LOSSES
Whitleys - 9,169 sorties, 288 aircraft lost (3.1 percent)
Wellingtons - 2,901 sorties, 97 aircraft lost (3.3 percent)
Halifaxes - 45,337 sorties, 1,124 aircraft lost (2.5 percent)
Total - 57,407 sorties, 1,509 aircraft lost (2.6 percent)
No reliable figures for aircraft destroyed in crashes are available.
2 GROUP
SORTIES AND LOSSES
Hampdens - 15,771 sorties, 417 aircraft lost (2.6 percent)
Manchesters - 1,185 sorties, 69 aircraft lost (5.8 percent)
Lancasters - 52,262 sorties, 1,389 aircraft lost (2.7 percent)
Mosquitoes - 1,133 sorties, 13 aircraft lost (1.1 percent)
Mustangs - 6 sorties, no aircraft losses
Total - 70,357 sorties, 1,888 aircraft lost (2.7 percent)
At least 28 Manchesters and 253 Lancasters were destroyed in crashes; other types not known.
6 (CANADIAN) GROUP
SORTIES AND LOSSES
Wellingtons - 3,287 sorties, 127 aircraft lost (3.9 percent)
Halifaxes - 28,126 sorties, 508 aircraft lost (1.8 percent)
Lancasters - 8,171 sorties, 149 aircraft lost (1.8 percent)
Total - 39,584 sorties, 784 aircraft lost (2.0 percent)
At least 56 Lancasters were destroyed in crashes; other types not known.
8 (PATHFINDER FORCE) GROUP
SORTIES AND LOSSES
Wellingtons - 305 sorties, 17 aircraft lost (5.6 percent)
Halifaxes - 2,106 sorties, 77 aircraft lost (3.7 percent)
Stirlings - 826 sorties, 37 aircraft lost (4.5 percent)
Lancasters - 19,601 sorties, 444 aircraft lost (2.3 percent)
Total heavies - 22,838 sorties, 575 aircraft lost (2.5 percent)
Mosquitoes - 28,215 sorties, 100 aircraft lost (0.4 percent)
Total of all types - 51,053 sorties, 675 aircraft lost (1.3 percent)
The operations of 1409 (Meteorological) Flight are included in the Mosquito total.
At least 12 Stirlings and 72 Lancasters were destroyed in crashes; other types not known.
100 (BOMBER SUPPORT) GROUP
SORTIES AND LOSSES
R.C.M. Operations
Halifaxes - 3,383 sorties, 23 aircraft lost (0.7 percent)
Fortresses - 1,465 sorties, 4 aircraft lost (0.3 percent)
Stirlings - 1,235 sorties, 13 aircraft lost (1.1 percent)
Liberators - 615 sorties, 3 aircraft lost (0.5 percent)
Wellingtons - 589 sorties, 1 aircraft lost (0.2 percent)
Mosquitoes - 544 sorties, 1 aircraft lost (0.2 percent)
Lightnings - 101 sorties, 2 aircraft lost (2.0 percent)
Total - 7,932 sorties, 47 aircraft lost (0.6 percent)
Serrate and Intruder Operations
Beaufighters - 12 sorties, no aircraft losses
Mosquitoes - 8,802 sorties, 75 aircraft lost (0.9 percent)
Total - 8,814 sorties, 75 aircraft lost (0.9 percent)
Total of all types - 16,746 sorties, 122 aircraft lost (0.7 percent)
The number of aircraft destroyed in crashes is not known.
Bomber Command contained a considerable number of its own training units, in which airmen who had received a basic training in their respective speciality - pilots, navigators (earlier known as observers), wireless operators, air gunners, bomb aimers (officially 'air bombers') and flight engineers - were gathered together for crew training at O.T.U.s (Operational Training Units) and, for those crews intended for four-engined aircraft, at H.C.U.s (Heavy Conversion Units). Many of these training units dispatched aircraft on active-service operations. Most of the O.T.U. flights were by pupil crews which carried out a short sortie to a target in Northern France just before finishing their training courses at the O.T.U.; most of these flights only carried leaflets. The H.C.U. operations were mainly flown by mixed crews of pupils and instructors in 1942, when training aircraft were added to Bomber Command's Main Force for the Thousand-Bomber Raids and for other major raids. The O.T.U.s also contributed to the 1942 Main Force raids, but more instructors than pupils provided the crews on these occasions. Most of the operational flights by training units ceased after the invasion of Normandy in June 1944, but O.T.U.s and H.C.U.s sometimes provided aircraft for diversionary sweeps over the North Sea and over France in 1944 and 1945; details of these sweeps, however, are not included in the statistics below because the German lines were never crossed, although there were occasional losses on the sweeps.
Twenty-four O.T.U.s and eight H.C.U.s sent crews on operations:
O.T.U.s
Wellingtons - 3,270 sorties, 95 aircraft lost (2.9 percent)
Whitleys - 558 sorties, 18 aircraft lost (3.2 percent)
Hampdens - 240 sorties, 7 aircraft lost (2.9 percent)
Total - 4,068 sorties, 120 aircraft lost (2.9 percent)
H.C.U.s
Stirlings - 73 sorties, 5 aircraft lost (6.8 percent)
Halifaxes - 58 sorties, 4 aircraft lost (6.9 percent)
Lancasters - 36 sorties, 4 aircraft lost (11.1 percent)
Total - 167 sorties, 13 aircraft lost (7.8 percent)
27 O.T.U., which trained Australian aircrew at Lichfield, flew the most sorties - 384 Wellington sorties, losing 7 aircraft. 15 O.T.U. at Harwell and 10 O.T.U. at Abingdon flew 331 sorties with 8 losses and 318 sorties with 8 losses respectively. Twenty-one other O.T.U.s and eight H.C.U.s also flew operations.
BRITISH AND ALLIED SOURCES
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, KEW
The following records have been consulted:
AIR 14/2664-2680 Night Bombing Sheets
14/3360-3368 Day Bombing Sheets
14/3408-3412 Final Raid Reports
AIR 22/31-49 Aircraft Serviceability Returns
22/203 War Room Manual of Bomber Command Operations
AIR 24/200-209 Bomber Command Headquarters Operations Record Books
24/214-319 Bomber Command Intelligence Reports
The AIR 25 class of records for group Operations Record Books
The AIR 27 class for squadron Operations Record Books
The AIR 28 class for station Operations Record Books
The AIR 29 class for Operations Record Books of 1409 (Meteorological) Flight and of training units
Many other minor files have been consulted; where relevant the references are quoted in the diaries.
THE UNITED STATES STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY
Copies of the Survey are held in the Imperial War Museum, London. The following individual reports have been studied: ('Effects of Bombing Raids on') Augsburg, Cologne, Darmstadt, Dsseldorf, Hamburg, Krefeld, Lbeck, Remscheid, Solingen and Wuppertal.
Reports of the British Bombing Survey Unit are in Volume IV of the British Official History (see below), Appendix 49.
BRITISH BIBLIOGRAPHY
The following works, being either official histories or reference books based on original research from prime sources, have been consulted:
Official Histories
Webster, Sir Charles, and Frankland, Noble, The Strategic Air Offensive against Germany, 1939-1945, H.M.S.O., 1961.
Other Works
Bowyer, Michael J. F., 2 Group R.A.F., Faber & Faber, 1974.
Brickhill, Paul, The Dam Busters, Pan, 1945; Evans, 1951.
Chorley, W. R., To See the Dawn Breaking - A History of 76 Squadron, Chorley, 1981.
Chorley, W. R., and Benwell, R. N., In Brave Company - A History of 158 Squadron, Chorley & Benwell, 1977.
Cooper, Alan W., The Men Who Breached the Dams, Kimber, 1982.
Frankland, Noble, The Bomber Offensive against Germany, Faber & Faber, 1965.
Freeman, Roger A., Mighty Eighth War Diary, Jane's, 1981.
Garrett, Richard, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, David & Charles, 1978.
Gomersall, Bryce, The Stirling File, Air Britain and Aviation Archaeologists, 1979.
Harris, Marshall of the R.A.F. Sir Arthur, Bomber Offensive, Collins, 1947.
Lawrence, W. J., No. 5 Bomber Group R.A.F., Faber & Faber, 1951.
Middlebrook, Martin, The Nuremberg Raid, Allen Lane, 1973, 1980.
Middlebrook, M., The Battle of Hamburg, Allen Lane, 1980.
Middlebrook, M., The Peenemnde Raid, Allen Lane, 1982.
Moyes, Philip J. R., Bomber Squadrons of the R.A.F. and Their Aircraft, Macdonald, 1964.
Musgrove, Gordon, Pathfinder Force, Macdonald & Jane's, 1976.
Robertson, Bruce, Lancaster - The Story of a Famous Bomber, Harleyford, 1964.
Sweetman, John, Operation Chastise, Jane's, 1982.
Verity, Hugh, We Landed by Moonlight, Ian Allen, 1978.
White, A. N., 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron R.A.F. on Operations, White, 1977.
GERMAN SOURCES
PERSONAL RESEARCH HELPERS
The following local, amateur historians have provided valuable help which is most warmly acknowledged: Arno Abendroth, Berlin; Heinz Bardua, Stuttgart; Hubert Beckers, Aachen; Dieter Busch, Bingen; Werner Dettmar, Kassel; Jrgen E. Dominicus, Dren; Hans-Martin Flender, Siegen; Erwin Folz, Ludwigshafen am Rhein; Ludwig Hgen, Mnchengladbach; Hans-Jrgen Jrgens, Wangerooge; Norbert Krger, Essen; Heinz Leiwig, Mainz; Gus Lerch, Frankfurt am Main; Dr Erich Mulzer, Nuremberg; Erich Quadflieg, Cologne; Hanfried Schliep-hake, Augsburg; Dr Helmut Schnatz, Koblenz. Emil Nonnenmacher of Eppstein (Taunus) provided German night-fighter material.
Officials of the following Staat- or Stadtarchivs sent copies of their wartime records or extracts from local histories and, again, we are most thankful for this assistance: Bingen am Rhein, Bonn, Braunschweig (Brunswick), Bremen, Bremerhaven, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Dsseldorf, Emmerich, Flensburg, Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg im Briesgau, Gelsenkirchen, Goch, Hagen, Hanau, Hannover, Heide, Heilbronn, Heinsberg, Herne, Hildesheim, Kaiserslautern, Kamen, Karlsruhe, Kiel, Kleve, Krefeld, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Mannheim, Mnchengladbach (and Rheydt), Mlheim an der Ruhr, Mnster, Neuss, Osnabrck, Paderborn, Pforzheim, Rheine, Saarbrcken Saarlouis, Soest, Trier, Ulm, Wesel, Wesseling, Wiesbaden, Wilhelmshaven, Witten, Worms, Zweibrcken. (Only one major community in West Germany, Munich, was unwilling to provide any help at all without a personal visit being made.)
GERMAN BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bardua, Heinz, Stuttgart im Luftkrieg 1939-45, Stuttgart, 1967, and Kriegsschden in Baden-Wrttemberg 1939-45, Stuttgart, 1975.
Braun-Rhling, Max, Eine Stadt in Feurregen, Kaiserslautern, no date.
Brunswig, Hans, Feuersturm ber Hamburg, Motorbuch, 1978.
Ennen, Edith, and Hroldt, Dietrich, Vom Rmerkastell zur Bundeshauptstadt, Bonn, 1976.
Khler, Wolfgang, Wesermnde (Bremerhaven) im Luftkrieg 1939-45, no date.
Prescher, Rudolf, Der rote Hahn ber Braunschweig 1927-1945, Braunschweig, 1955.
Rumpf, Hans, The Bombing of Germany, German original, Stalling, 1961, English edition, Muller, 1963.
Zenz, Dr Emil, Geschichte der Stadt Trier in der ersten Hlfte des 20. Jahrhunderts, NCO Verlag, 1973.
Kiel im Luftkrieg 1939-45, the diary of Detlef Boelck, edited by Jrgen Plger, Gesellschaft fr Kieler Stadtgeschichte, 1980.
Verwaltungsbericht und Statistik der Stadt Pforzheim - Das Stadtgeschehen 1939-45, Stadt Pforzheim, no date.
Zerstrung, Wiederaufbau und Verwaltung der Stadt Kleve 1944-57, Stadt Kleve, 1960.
FRENCH AND BELGIAN SOURCES
All material from municipal archives and other bodies in France and Belgium was obtained on our behalf by M. Philippe Lerat of Ronchin to whom we are most grateful. The French towns which provided M. Lerat with material are: Achres, Amiens, Angers, Argenten, Boulogne-Billancourt, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Cannes, Coutances, Gennevilliers, Laon, Le Havre, Le Mans, Lille, Lisieux, Mantes-la-Jolie, Noisy-le-Sec, Royan (particularly M. Robert Colle), Sochaux (for Montbliard raids), St-Nazaire, Toulouse (particularly M. Daniel Latapie), Villeneuve-St-Georges. In Belgium: Gand (Ghent), Hasselt, Kortrijk (Courtrai), Leuven (Louvain), Mechelen (Malines). The S.N.C.F. (French Railways) offices at Chambly and Lille, and the S.N.C.B. (Belgian Railways) at Brussels, also provided useful information through M. Lerat.
ITALY
Signore Gino Knzle, of Como, very kindly obtained material from the municipal archives of Genova (Genoa), Milano (Milan) and Torino (Turin). We thank Sig. Knzle and the three city archives.
OTHER COUNTRIES
We acknowledge the following for providing material: Philips International B.V. of Eindhoven, Holland; the Burgemeester of Geleen, a Dutch community which now contains Lutterade, where the first Oboe raid was carried out; the towns of Bergen and Horten in Norway; and Anders Bjrnvad of Rude, Denmark.
PERSONAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We wish to thank the following people for help generously given: James Bamford of Barford, Norwich; Bill Chorley of Dedham, Colchester; Harry Drew of 12 and 626 Squadrons' Association; Dave Gibson of the Coldstream Guards, who carried out research in Germany during a tour of duty in B.A.O.R.; Mike Hodgson of Mareham-le-Fen, Lincoln; Jane Middlebrook; Mary Middlebrook, for many hours of careful typescript and proof checking; Janet Mountain of Swineshead, near Boston, for her diligent typing of a complicated script; Paul Spitzer of Zug, Switzerland, for help with particularly difficult German translations; Peter Strugnell of the 75 (New Zealand) Squadron Museum at Ohakea. We should also like to thank the staffs at the Air Historical Branch, the Adastral Library, Cranwell College Library, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the Public Record Office for much patient assistance over a long research period. Finally, Martin Middlebrook would like to thank Chris Everitt who, helped by his wife Margaret, undertook the onerous task of compiling the Index, which needed to be carried out through the Christmas and New Year holiday period.
The index is divided into the following sections:
Royal Air Force
Groups; Squadrons; Flights and Other
Units; Airfields; Personnel
Place Names
Belgium; Denmark; France; Germany;
Holland; Italy; Norway; Other Countries
Luftwaffe
Units; Personnel
Ships
British; German and German-controlled
General
Royal Air Force
Army Co-operation Command,,, -
Coastal Command,,,,,, -, -, -,,,, -,, -, -, -,, -,, -,,
Fighter Command (Air Defence Great Britain),,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Flying Training Command,,
Transport Command,
Second Tactical Air Force,,,,, -,
Groups
1 Group,,,,,,, -,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
2 Group,,,,, -,, -,,,,,,,,,,, -,,,,,,,,
3 Group,,,,,,,,,,, -,, -,,,,,,,,,
4 Group,,,,,,, -,, -,,,,,,,,,,
5 Group,,,,,,,,,,, -,,, -,,,, -,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
6 Group,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
8 Group,,,,,,,,,, -,,,, -,,,,,,,
91 Group,,,,
92 Group,,,,
93 Group,
100 Group,,,,,,,,,
Pathfinder Force, see
Squadrons
7 Squadron,,,,,,,,,,,
9 Squadron,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
10 Squadron,,,,,,
12 Squadron,,
15 Squadron,,
18 Squadron,
21 Squadron,,,
23 Squadron,
35 Squadron,,, -,,,,,,,
37 Squadron,,
38 Squadron,,
40 Squadron,,
44 Squadron,,,,,,,
49 Squadron,,, -,,,,
50 Squadron,,,,,,
51 Squadron, -,,,,,
57 Squadron,,,, -
58 Squadron, -,,,,
61 Squadron,,,,,,
75 Squadron,,,,,,,
76 Squadron,,,,,,
77 Squadron,,,,,,
78 Squadron,,,,
82 Squadron,,,,,,
83 Squadron,,,,,,,,,,,,,
85 Squadron,
88 Squadron,,,,
90 Squadron,,,
97 Squadron,,,,,
98 Squadron,,
99 Squadron,,
100 Squadron,
101 Squadron,,,,,
102 Squadron,,,,,,,
103 Squadron,,,,,,
104 Squadron,
105 Squadron,,,,,,,,,,, -,
106 Squadron,,,,,,,,
107 Squadron,,,,,
109 Squadron,,,,,,,
110 Squadron,,,,,
114 Squadron,,,,,
115 Squadron,,,,,,,
128 Squadron,
138 Squadron,, -,,
139 Squadron,,,,,, -,
141 Squadron,,,,
142 Squadron,,
144 Squadron,,,
149 Squadron,,,,,,
150 Squadron,,,,
153 Squadron,
156 Squadron,,,,
157 Squadron,
158 Squadron,,,
161 Squadron,,,,, -
162 Squadron,
163 Squadron,
166 Squadron,,
169 Squadron, -,
170 Squadron,
171 Squadron,
180 Squadron,,,
185 Squadron,
186 Squadron,
188 Squadron,
189 Squadron,,,
192 Squadron,,,
195 Squadron,
196 Squadron,
199 Squadron,,,
207 Squadron,,,
214 Squadron,,,,
215 Squadron,
218 Squadron,,,,,
223 Squadron,
226 Squadron,,,,,,,
227 Squadron,
239 Squadron,
300 Squadron,,,
301 Squadron,,
304 Squadron,
305 Squadron,
311 Squadron,,,
320 Squadron,
342 Squadron,
346 Squadron,,,
347 Squadron,,,
405 Squadron,,,,,,,
408 Squadron,,,,
415 Squadron,
419 Squadron,,
420 Squadron,
424 Squadron,
425 Squadron,
426 Squadron,,,,,
427 Squadron,,,
428 Squadron,
429 Squadron,
431 Squadron,,,,
432 Squadron,
433 Squadron,
434 Squadron,,
455 Squadron,,,
458 Squadron,
460 Squadron,,,, -
462 Squadron,,
463 Squadron,,,,,
464 Squadron,
466 Squadron,
467 Squadron,,
487 Squadron,,,
514 Squadron,
515 Squadron,
550 Squadron,,
571 Squadron,
576 Squadron,,
578 Squadron,,
582 Squadron,,,,
602 Squadron (fighter),
608 Squadron,
617 Squadron,, -,,, -,, -,, -,, -,,,,,,,,, -, -, -,,,,,,,,, -, -,, -,, -, -,,
619 Squadron,,,,,,
620 Squadron,
622 Squadron,
623 Squadron,
625 Squadron,
626 Squadron,
627 Squadron,,,,,
630 Squadron,,,
635 Squadron,,
640 Squadron,
692 Squadron,
Flights and Other Units
King's Flight,,
Photographic Reconnaissance Unit,,,
1409 (Meteorological) Flight,,,,,,
1419 Flight,
1474 Flight,
1 Group Marking Flight,,
10 O.T.U.,
15 O.T.U.,
27 O.T.U.,
Airfields
Abingdon,
Alconbury,,,
Attlebridge,,
Balderton,,
Bardney,,,
Binbrook,,,,,
Blyton,
Bodney,
Bottesford,,
Bourn,,,,,
Breighton,,
Burn,,
Chedburgh, -,
Coningsby,,,,,,
Cranwell,
Croft,,,, -
Dalton,,
Dishforth,,,,
Downham Market, -, -,,
Driffield,,,,,, -
Dunholme Lodge,,,,
Eastchurch,,
East Kirkby,,,
East Moor,,, -
East Wretham,,
Elsham Wolds,,,
Elvington,,, -
Faldingworth,
Feltwell,,,,,,, -
Finningly,
Fiskerton,,,
Foulsham,,,, -,,
Fulbeck,,,,
Full Sutton,
Gatwick,,
Gransden Lodge,,,
Graveley,,,,
Great Massingham,,,
Grimsby,,,,
Harwell,
Hemswell,, -,,
Holme-on-Spalding Moor,,
Honington,,,,,
Horsham St Faith,,,,
Ingham,,, -
Kelstern,,
Kirmington,,,
Lakenheath,,
Langar,
Leconfield,,,,
Leeming,,,,,, -,, -
Leuchers,
Lichfield,
Lindholme,,
Linton-on-Ouse,,,,,,,, -,,,
Lissett,,
Little Snoring,,,,
Little Staughton,,
Lossiemouth,,,,,,
Ludford Magna,,
Manston,,
Marham,,,,,,
Melbourne,
Mepal,,
Metheringham,,
Methwold,,,, -, -
Middleton St George, -, -,
Mildenhall,,,,,,,,
Newmarket,,,,
Newton,,
North Creake,,
North Killingholme,
North Luffenham,,,
Oakington,,,,,,
Oulton,,,,,
Pocklington,,,
Ridgewell,
Rufforth,
St Eval,
Scampton,,,,,,
Sculthorpe,
Shipdham,
Skellingthorpe,,
Skipton-on-Swale,, -
Snaith,,,,,
Spilsby,,,
Stradishall,,,,,
Strubby,,
Swannington,,
Swanton Morley,,,,
Swinderby,,, -,
Syerston,,,,
Tempsford,,,
Tholthorpe,, -, -
Thorney Island,
Topcliffe,,,,
Tuddenham,,,
Upper Heyford,
Upwood,,
Waddington,,,,,,,, -
Warboys,,
Waterbeach,,
Wattisham,, -,
Watton,,,
West Mailing,,
West Raynham,,, -,,,,
West Wickham, see
Wicken by,,
Wigsley,
Witchford,,
Wittering,
Woodhall Spa,,,,
Woolfox Lodge,,
Wratting Common,,
Wyton, -,,,,,,, -,
Personnel
(The following abbreviations are used: Air Chief Marshal- A.C.M.; Air Marshal-A.M.; Air Vice-Marshal - A. V.M.; Air Commodore - Air Cdre; Group Captain - Gp Capt.; Wing Commander - WjCdr; Squadron Leader - S/Ldr; Flight Lieutenant - F/Lt; Flying Officer - F/O; Pilot Officer - P/O; Warrant Officer - W.O.; Flight Sergeant - F/Sgt; Sergeant - Sgt; Corporal - Cpl; Leading Aircraftman - L.A.C.)
Aaron, F/Sgt A. L.,,
Ackland, F/Lt L. J.,
Addison, Air Cdre E. B.,
Arrowsmith, Cpl V., -
Astbury, Sgt R. C,
Austin, F/O A. C,
Bader, W/Cdr D.,
Bailey, F/O J. B. G.,
Baldwin, A.V.M. J. E. A.,,,
Ball, P/O,
Barrett, Gp Capt. J. F,
Barron, W/CdrJ. F.,
Barton, P/O C. J.,,
Barton, F/Lt W. F.,
Bazalgette, S/Ldr I. W.,,
Beadle, F/Sgt D. J.,
Beeson, P/O S. C,
Benjamin, W/Cdr E. A.,
Bennett, A.V.M. D. C. T.,, -,,,
Benson, P/O A. H.,
Birch, W/Cdr S. G.,
Blenkinsopp, S/Ldr E. M.,
Bolton, W.O. W. F.,
Bottomley, A.V.M. N. H.,,,
Boyle, S/Ldr F. W.,
Boyle, Sgt J.,
Bradley, F/Sgt A. A.,
Brookes, A.V.M. G. E.,
Brooks, F/Lt W. E.,
Brown, P/O E. H.,
Brunsdon, Sgt E. R.,
Budden, Sgt P. H. J.,
Bufton, S/Ldr H. E.,
Bufton, Gp Capt. S. O.,,
Burgess, P/O G.,
Button, S/Ldr J. J.M.,
Calder, S/Ldr C. C.,
Callaway, Air Cdre W. B.,
Cameron, W/Cdr I. M.,
Campbell, F/O K.,
Carr, A.V.M. C. R.,,,,
Catterall, F/O R.,
Chambers, Sgt F. T.,
Cheshire, Gp Capt. G. L.,,,,,,
Clarke, F/Lt S. E. C,
Cochrane, A.V.M. Hon. R. A.,,,,
Coffey, Sgt H.,
Coningham, A.V.M. A.,,
Coryton, A.V.M. W. A.,,
Coton, F/Lt,
Cousens, W/Cdr A. G. S.,
Coverdale, W/Cdr J.,
Cox, F/O A.,
Creswell, S/Ldr E. K.,
Croft, F/O K. N. J.,
Crooks, W/Cdr L.,
Cunningham, W/Cdr J. C,,
Cunnliffe-Lister, F/Lt P.,
D'Albiac, A.V.M. J. H.,
Daniels, W/Cdr S. P.,
Darling, S/Ldr D. F.,
Deane, W/Cdr D. F. E. C,
Deane, W/Cdr L. C,
Dear, F/O K.,
Deas, W/Cdr W. I.,
Deeth, F/Sgt L.,
Delap, S/Ldr M. V,
Dennis, S/Ldr J. M.,
Denton, F/O R. F. H.,
De Vigne, F/Lt L. C. E.,
Dore, L.A.C. H.,
Drake, F/Sgt A.,
Dyer, F/Sgt H.,
Edwards, W/Cdr H.,,
Embry, A.V.M. B.,,
Evans-Evans, Gp Capt. A. C,
Fauquier, W/Cdr J. E.,
Findlay, Sgt A.,
Fisher, Sgt G.,
Freeman, A.C.M. Sir Wilfred,
French, S/Ldr,
Garland, F/O D. E.,
Gates, P/O F.W., -
Gavin, W.O. K. A. C,
Gibson, W/Cdr G. P. (Guy),,,,, -,
Gilchrist, S/Ldr,
Gomm, W/Cdr G. L.,
Grant, P/O A. S.,
Grant, W/Cdr G. F.,
Gray, Sgt T.,
Greenwood, F/Sgt D.,
Griffith-Jones, S/Ldr J. M.,
Guy, Sgt T.,
Hanafin, S/Ldr,
Hannah, Sgt J.,,
Harris, A.C.M. Sir Arthur,,, -, -,, -, -,, -, -,,,, -,,, -,, -
Harrison, A.V.M. R.,,
Hay, F/Lt R. C,
Hazard, Sgt I. H., -
Hicks, W.O. F. E. M.,
Hill, S/Ldr P.,
Hodder, W/Cdr C. C,
Holden, S/Ldr G.,
Holder, F/O A. S. J.,
Hordern, P/O A. P. B.,
Hyder, F/Sgt L. A.,
Ifould, F/LtE. L.,
Ivelaw-Chapman, Air Cdre R.,
Jackson, Sgt N.,,
Jeffrey, Sgt G.,
Johnson, P/O E. R.,
Jones, Sgt D.,
Joubert, A.C.M. Sir Philip,
Kennard, P/O W. D.,
Knight, P/O L.G.,
Lambert S/Ldr F. F.,
Learoyd, F/Lt R. A. B.,,,
Lees, A.V.M. A.,
Levy, F/O F.,
Lewis, F/Sgt J. R.,
Llewelyn, W/Cdr J.G.,
Loth, F/Sgt J.,
Ludlow-Hewitt, A.C.M. Sir Edgar,,
McCarthy, S/Ldr J. C,
MacDonald, Gp Capt. J. C,
McEwen, A.V.M. C. M.,
Mclntyre, P/O D.,
MacKay, P/O V. H. V,
McKee, F/OJ. J.,
McKenzie, Sgt R. L L.,
MacLean, A.V.M. C. T.,,
McPherson, F/O A.,
Maltby, F/L D. J.H.,
Manser, F/O L. T.,,
Martin, S/Ldr,
Matthews, F/OH.,
Middleton, F/Sgt R. H., -,
Milne, P/O G,
Mitcham, Sgt M.,
Mitchell, W/Cdr V,
Moorhead, F/O P.,
Mulholland, W/Cdr,
Munro, S/Ldr K. L.,
Murray, S/Ldr C,
Musalek, Sgt,
Mynarski, P/O A. C,,
Nettleton, S/Ldr J. D.,,,
Norgate, Sgt J. K,
Norris, Sgt J. W.,
Oakeshott, W/Cdr A. R.,
O'Donoghue, S/Ldr C,,
Oldridge, Aircraftman,
Ombler, Sgt E.,
Openshaw, L.A.C. J. D.,
Palmer, S/Ldr R. A. M.,,
Parslow, Sgt G. C. W.,
Peirse, A.M. Sir Richard, -,, -,,,,
Picton, Sgt H. S.,
Pool, W.O. R. H. A.,
Portal, Marshal of the R.A.F. Sir Charles,,,, -,,,,
Potts, Sgt E. J.,
Pringle, F/Lt A. E.,
Reid, F/Lt W.,,,
Renaut, P/O M.,
Rice, A.V.M. E. A. B.,,
Ricketts, Cpl J. L.,
Robb, A.V.M. J. M.,,
Robinson, Gp Capt. B. V.,
Rolton, Sgt L. G.,
Ross, F/O J. F,
Saundby, A.M. Sir Robert, -
Searby, Gp Capt. J. H.,,
Shannon, S/Ldr D. J.,
Slee, Gp Capt. L. C,,
Slessor, A.V.M. J. C,,,
Sloan, Sgt D.,
Smith, Sgt J. W.,
Snow, S/Ldr A. J. D.,
Songest, Sgt N. M.,
Spanton, Sgt D. R., -
Sparks, S/Ldr E. N. M., -
Sprouts, W.O. F. S.,
Stevens, F/O B. H.,
Stevenson, A.V.M. D. F.,,
Swales, Capt. E.,,
Tedder, A.C.M. Sir Arthur,
Thompson, F/Sgt G.,,
Tomlin, F/Lt,
Trayhorn, Sgt J. A.,
Treherne, F/O V. F. E.,
Trenchard, Marshal of the R.A.F., Lord Hugh,
Trent, S/Ldr L. H.,,
Valentine, W/Cdr G. E.,
Ward, Sgt J. A.,,,
Warren-Smith, F/Sgt L.,
Warwick, S/Ldr J. B.,
Webster, S/Ldr,
Whamond, F/Lt W. N.,
Wilson, Sgt D.,
Wilson, F/Lt G.,
Wilson, F/O,
Wood, F/Sgt A. W.,
Woodroffe, W/Cdr J.,
Wright, F/O W.,
Place Names
Belgium
Alost,
Antwerp,, -,,,,,,,,,,,,, -,,,,,,
Bourg-Lopold,,
Bruges,,,
Brussels,,,,,,
Courtrai,,,, -,
Coxyde-les-Bains,
Ertvelde Rieme, -
Florennes,
Ghent,,,,,,,,,
Hasselt,,
Houffalize,,
Langenbrugge,,
Lige,,,,
Louvain,,
Malines,,
Mons,
Montzen,
Namur,,
Ostend, raids in: 1940:,,,,,. 1941:,,,,,,,, -,, -. 1942-3:,,,,,,,
Ottignies,
St-Trond,,,,
St-Vith,
Tongres,
Zeebrugge,,, -, -,, -
Denmark
Aalborg, -,
Aarhus,
Abenra,
Copenhagen,
Eggebek,,
Esbjerg,
Grove,
Odense,
Rm,
Snderborg,
Vejle,
France
Abbeville,,,,,, -,,,,,, -,, -,, -,,,
Achres,,, -,
Acquet,,
Ailly,
Aire-sur-Lys,
Albert,,
Alenon,
Ambes,
Amiens,,,,,,, -,,
Angers,
Angoulme,
Annecy,
Anthor Viaduct,,,
Ardouval,
Argentan,, -
Arnage,
Arques,
Arras, -, -
Aubigne,
Au Fvre,
Aulnoye,,,,,,,
Aunay-sur-Odon,
Bapaume,,
Bayeux,
Bec-d'Ambes,
Bergerac,
Berneval,,
Bthune,,
Billancourt, see
Blainville,
Blaye,
Bois de Cassan, -
Bois-des-Jardins,,
Bois de Licques,
Bonneton,
Bordeaux,,,,,,, -,,,,,, -,
Boulogne: 1940:,,,,,,,,, -. 1941: -, -, -,,,. -,,, -, -,,,,,,, -,, -,, -,,,. 1942-4: -, -,, -,,,,,,,, -,,,,,,
Boulogne-Billancourt, -,
Boves,
Bremont-les-Hautes,
Brest: 1940-41:,, -, -,,,,, -,, -, -, -,, -,,,,,, -, -, -. 1942-4: -, -, -,,, -,,, -, -
Bristillerie, -
Burney,
Caen,,,,, -,,,,,,, -,. -, -,,
Calais: 1940-42:,,,,,,,,, -,,,, -,,,,. 1944:,, -
Cambrai, -,
Cannes,
Cap Griz Nez,,
Carpiquet,
Caumont,
Cerisy,
Chlons-sur-Marne,
Chambly,, -,,
Chantilly,
Chteaudun, -,, -
Chteauroux,
Chtellerault,,
Cherbourg: 1940-41:,,,,, -,,,, &mdash
