CREW MEMBER PROFILE

Surname:

LINDSLEY

First Name/s:

Mervyn Ferguson

Service No/s:

1542920

Service:

RAFVR

Branch:

Air Bomber

Awards:

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SERVICE RECORDS

Date

Event

Aircraft Flown
25 Nov 1943

Joined 576 Sqn at Elsham Wolds, Linconshire

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576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS

Date

Aircraft

Code

Flight Details

T/O

Land

Flt Time

Crew

09 Apr 1944

JA715

UL-L2

VILLENEUVE-ST-GEORGES

2055

0230

5h35

P1   Plt Off P.A. Thomas
P2   
FE   Sgt V.G. Hobbs
AB   Sgt M.F. Lindsley
NAV  Sgt B.G. Johnson
WOp  Sgt H. Fuller
MUG  Sgt S.A. Orme
RG   Sgt A.R. Jackson RAAF

NOTES:

Marshalling Yards Load: 12x 1000lb, and 4x500lb bombs.

10 Apr 1944

JB460

UL-V2

AULNOYE

2340

0500

5h20

P1   Plt Off P.A. Thomas
P2   
FE   Sgt V.G. Hobbs
AB   Sgt M.F. Lindsley
NAV  Sgt B.G. Johnson
WOp  Sgt H. Fuller
MUG  Sgt S.A. Orme
RG   Sgt G.G. Haigh

NOTES:

Marshalling Yards Load: 12x 1000lb, 4x 500lb

18 Apr 1944

JA715

UL-W2

ROUEN

2130

0210

4h40

P1   Plt Off P.A. Thomas
P2   
FE   Sgt V.G. Hobbs
AB   Sgt M.F. Lindsley
NAV  Sgt B.G. Johnson
WOp  Sgt H. Fuller
MUG  Sgt C. Lister
RG   Sgt G.G. Haigh

NOTES:

Marshalling Yards (2 APs) Load: 12 x 1000lb, 4 x 500lb bombs.

20 Apr 1944

LL838

UL-K2

COLOGNE

2345

0450

5h05

P1   Plt Off P.A. Thomas
P2   
FE   Sgt V.G. Hobbs
AB   Sgt M.F. Lindsley
NAV  Sgt B.G. Johnson
WOp  Sgt H. Fuller
MUG  Sgt C. Lister
RG   Sgt G.G. Haigh

NOTES:

Built-up areas to N and W of city centre Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 108x 30lb and 1170x 4lb incendiaries.

22 Apr 1944

ED767

UL-G2

DUSSELDORF

DNTO

nk

N/A

P1   Plt Off P.A. Thomas
P2   
FE   Sgt V.G. Hobbs
AB   Sgt M.F. Lindsley
NAV  Sgt B.G. Johnson
WOp  Sgt H. Fuller
MUG  Sgt C. Lister
RG   Sgt G.G. Haigh

NOTES:

Built-up area to the north of the city centre Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 108x 30lb and 1170x 4lb incendiaries. Hit by Q2 ND362 which swung on take-off No injuries to crew Did not take off (DNTO)

27 Apr 1944

ME726

UL-X2

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN

2145

0630

8h45

P1   Plt Off P.A. Thomas
P2   
FE   Sgt V.G. Hobbs
AB   Sgt M.F. Lindsley
NAV  Sgt B.G. Johnson
WOp  Sgt H. Fuller
MUG  Sgt S.A. Orme
RG   Sgt G.G. Haigh

NOTES:

Marshalling yards Load: 1st Wave: 1x 1,000lb, 1x 500lb bombs, 84x 30lb and 1,050x 4lb incendiaries 2nd Wave: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 30x 30lb and 600x 4lb incendiaries 3rd Wave: 1x 1,000lb, 1x500lb bombs, 84x 30lb and 960x 4lb incendiaries One (unidentified – possiblyT2?) aircraft lost an engine in the target area due to flak – target still attacked.

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