CREW MEMBER PROFILE |
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Surname: |
GERUS |
First Name/s: |
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Service No/s: |
J22406 |
Service: |
RCAF |
Branch: |
Air Bomber |
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Awards: |
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SERVICE RECORDS |
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Date |
Event |
Aircraft Flown |
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25 Nov 1943 |
Joined 576 Sqn at Elsham Wolds, Linconshire |
Auto loaded with upgrade to v1.0.04 |
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05 Jan 1944 |
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576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS |
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Date |
Aircraft |
Code |
Flight Details |
T/O |
Land |
Flt Time |
Crew |
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05 Jan 1944 |
ED888 |
UL-V2 |
STETTIN |
0000 |
0930 |
9h30 |
P1 Flt Lt C.A.B. Johnson |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries |
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14 Jan 1944 |
ME583 |
UL-F2 |
BRUNSWICK |
1620 |
2030 |
4h10 |
P1 Flt Lt C.A.B. Johnson |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries. Experienced engine trouble and could not make Brunswick so bombed Texel Island as last resort. |
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30 Jan 1944 |
ND402 |
UL-R2 |
BERLIN |
1655 |
2355 |
7h00 |
P1 Flt Lt C.A.B. Johnson |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 56x 30lb and 762x 4lb incendiaries. |
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20 Apr 1944 |
LL800 |
UL-N2 |
COLOGNE |
2310 |
0340 |
4h30 |
P1 Plt Off C.C. Rollins |
NOTES: |
Built-Up Areas to N and W of City Centre Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 108x 30lb and 1170x 4lb incendiaries Gerus is also shown flying with Wearmouth on the same raid. |
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22 Apr 1944 |
LL794 |
UL-H2 |
DUSSELDORF |
DNTO |
nk |
N/A |
P1 WO A.L. Puttock |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area to the North of the city centre Load: 1x 4000lb 'Cookie', 108x 30lb and 1170x 4lb incendiaries. Burst a tyre taxying out; the port undercarriage collapsed, and the port outer engine caught fire. None of the crew were injured |
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27 Apr 1944 |
ND783 |
UL-C2 |
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN |
2155 |
0615 |
8h20 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 1st Wave: 1x 1000lb, 1x 500lb bombs, 84x 30lb, 1050x 4lb incendiaries / 2nd Wave: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 30x 30lb, 600x 4lb incendiaries / 3rd Wave: 1x 1000lb, 1x500lb bombs, 84x 30lb, 960x 4lb incendiaries. It is not known in which wave the Hordal crew flew. |
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30 Apr 1944 |
LM439 |
UL-I2 |
MAINTENON |
2140 |
0215 |
4h35 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Ammunition dump. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. |
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07 May 1944 |
LM439 |
UL-I2 |
RENNES |
2140 |
0225 |
4h45 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Rennes/St Jacques Luftwaffe airfield and ammunition dump. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 16x 500lb bombs. |
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17 May 1944 |
LL800 |
UL-H2 |
Training |
nk |
nk |
1h10 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Air-to-sea firing. |
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19 May 1944 |
ND859 |
UL-L2 |
ORLEANS |
2200 |
0245 |
4h45 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Fleury-les-Aubrais marshalling yards. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs |
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21 May 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-N2 |
DUISBERG |
2205 |
0315 |
5h10 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 204x 30lb incendiaries |
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22 May 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-N2 |
DORTMUND |
2215 |
0245 |
4h30 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 108x 30lb, 1170x 4lb incendiaries. |
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24 May 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-N2 |
AACHEN |
2340 |
0410 |
4h30 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Aachen West and Rothe-Erde marshalling yards. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. |
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26 May 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-N2 |
Training |
nk |
nk |
2h20 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise. |
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27 May 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-N2 |
AACHEN |
2350 |
0420 |
4h30 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Aachen East and Rothe-Erde railway yards. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x500lb bombs. |
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28 May 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-I2 |
Training |
nk |
nk |
2h20 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise. |
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31 May 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
Training |
nk |
nk |
2h15 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise. |
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02 Jun 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
CALAIS |
2230 |
0245 |
nk |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Coastal railway gun battery. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. Most aircraft could not bomb due to cloud cover and brought their bombs back. It is unclear if the Hordal crew dropped their bombs. |
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03 Jun 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
WIMEREUX |
nk |
nk |
DNTO |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Coastal gun battery. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 15x 500lb bombs. Did not take off due to engine problems. |
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05 Jun 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
ST MARTIN DE VARREVILLE AND CRISBECQ |
2120 |
0130 |
4h10 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Coastal gun battery at Crisbecq. Load: 18x 500lb bombs. |
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06 Jun 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
VIRE |
2150 |
0300 |
5h10 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Viaduc de Martilly road/rail bridge (western aiming point) and marshalling yards. Load: 18x 500lb bombs. |
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10 Jun 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
FLERS |
0005 |
0505 |
5h00 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Luftwaffe airfield. |
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11 Jun 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
Training |
nk |
nk |
1h45 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise. Air Bomber Flt Lt Jenkinson came along for the ride, possibly as a check on Fg Off Gerus? |
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12 Jun 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
GELSENKIRCHEN |
2230 |
0240 |
4h10 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Nordstern synthetic oil plant (Gelsenberg AG). Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 16x 500lb bombs. |
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14 Jun 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
LE HAVRE |
2020 |
2350 |
3h30 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Docks and E-Boat pens. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. |
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16 Jun 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
STERKRADE |
2255 |
0320 |
4h25 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Ruhr-Chemie AG synthetic oil plant at Holten. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 16x 500lb bombs. Hordal's logbook records the flight time of 4h10 but the ORB gives 4h25. |
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17 Jun 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
AULNOYE |
2330 |
0335 |
4h05 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Road/rail bridge near the marshalling yards at Aulnoye-Aymeries. Load: 18 x 500lb bombs. The Master Bomber told crews only to bomb the TIs if visible through the low cloud. Most crews returned with the bombload intact but the Hordal crew managed to bomb at 14000ft. |
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19 Jun 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
SIRRACOURT |
nk |
nk |
1h40 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: V1 flying bomb site. Load: tbc. The operation cancelled just after seven aircraft (including Hordal's ME801) had departed. Recalled by R/T. |
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22 Jun 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
MIMOYECQUES |
1345 |
1655 |
3h10 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: V3 cannon construction site. Load: 18x 500lb bombs. |
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23 Jun 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
SAINTES |
2140 |
0505 |
7h25 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Marshalling yards. Load: H2S Aircraft: 10x 1000lb, 2x 500lb bombs; all other aircraft: 10x 1000lb, 3x 500lb bombs. ME801 was probably equipped with H2S tbc. |
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25 Jun 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
FLERS |
0115 |
0440 |
3h25 |
P1 Flt Lt S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: V1 flying bomb launch site. Load: 18x 500lb bombs. |
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29 Jun 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
DOMLEGER |
1135 |
1445 |
3h10 |
P1 Plt Off S.G. Hordal RCAF |
NOTES: |
Target: V1 flying bomb storage and supply depot. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. This was the Hordal crew's final operation on 576 Squadron. |
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