Carpe Diem - 576 Squadron RAF - The Crews

CREW MEMBER PROFILE
Surname:	RANDALL		First Name/s:	Willard Alexander "Bill"

Service No/s:	J88841	Service:	RCAF	Branch:	Pilot

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Date	Event	Aircraft Flown
SERVICE RECORDS
25 Nov 1943 25 Nov 1943	Joined 576 Sqn at Elsham Wolds, Linconshire	Auto loaded with initial creation of profile
16 Nov 1944 16 Nov 1944	Set Rank from Flight Record
20 Nov 1944 20 Nov 1944	Set Rank from Flight Record
21 Nov 1944 21 Nov 1944	Set Rank from Flight Record
27 Nov 1944 27 Nov 1944	Set Rank from Flight Record
28 Nov 1944 28 Nov 1944	150 Sqn, Hemswell, Lincolnshire Ops (28): 04 Dec 44 – Karlsruhe 06 Dec 44 – Merseburg/Leuna 12 Dec 44 – Essen 15 Dec 44 – Ludwigshafen; direct hit AP tbc 17 Dec 44 – Ulm 22 Dec 44 – Koblenz; landed Charterhall 07 Jan 45 – Munich 16 Jan 45 – Zeitz /Troglitz 28 Jan 45 – Stuttgart 02 Feb 45 – Wiesbaden 03 Feb 45 – Bottrop 07 Feb 45 – Kleve; MB abandoned attack; bombs brought back 13 Feb 45 – Dresden; DNCO; engine failure 14 Feb 45 – Chemnitz; DNTO; engine failure 23 Feb 45 – Pforzheim 28 Feb 45 – Neuss; DNCO; recalled after take-off 01 Mar 45 – Mannheim 05 Mar 45 – Chemnitz 08 Mar 45 – Kassel 11 Mar 45 – Essen 13 Mar 45 – Darlbusch (Gelsenkirchen) 15 Mar 45 – Misburg 16 Mar 45 – Nuremburg; attacked by Ju-88 21 Mar 45 – Bremen 25 Mar 45 – Hanover 27 Mar 45 – Paderborn 09 Apr 45 – Kiel 10 Apr 45 – Plauen 14 Apr 45 – Potsdam 18 Apr 45 – Heligoland 22 Apr 45 – Bremen; crew ‘screened’ from ops	Lancaster

Date	Aircraft	Code	Flight Details	T/O	Land	Flt Time	Crew
576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS
16 Nov 1944	LM227	UL-I²	Training	nk	nk	5h30	P1 Fg Off W.A. Randall RCAF P2 FE Sgt J.M.F. Groat AB Sgt E.A. Ryerse RCAF NAV Sgt A. Whiting WOp Flt Sgt O. Cuthbert RAAF MUG Sgt F.A. Griffiths RCAF RG Sgt R.W. Lowry RCAF
NOTES:	Cross country and bombing
20 Nov 1944	PD312	UL-R²	Training	nk	nk	5h20	P1 Fg Off W.A. Randall RCAF P2 FE Sgt J.M.F. Groat AB Sgt E.A. Ryerse RCAF NAV Sgt A. Whiting WOp Flt Sgt O. Cuthbert RAAF MUG Sgt F.A. Griffiths RCAF RG Sgt R.W. Lowry RCAF
NOTES:	Night cross country carrying bombload
21 Nov 1944	JB410	UL-H²	ASCHAFFENBURG	1555	2215	6h20	P1 Fg Off W.A. Randall RCAF P2 FE Sgt J.M.F. Groat AB Sgt E.A. Ryerse RCAF NAV Sgt A. Whiting WOp Flt Sgt O. Cuthbert RAAF MUG Sgt F.A. Griffiths RCAF RG Sgt R.W. Lowry RCAF
NOTES:	Marshalling yards Master Bomber: Chatham 1 & 2 MF: Disrupt Last resort target: Upside Down
27 Nov 1944	PD363	UL-K²	FREIBURG	1620	2300	6h40	P1 Fg Off W.A. Randall RCAF P2 FE Sgt J.M.F. Groat AB Sgt E.A. Ryerse RCAF NAV Sgt A. Whiting WOp Flt Sgt O. Cuthbert RAAF MUG Sgt F.A. Griffiths RCAF RG Sgt R.W. Lowry RCAF
NOTES:	Troop concentrations in built up area. Flown in support of the French 1st Army. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 2332x 4lb incendiaries

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