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Surname:

DORAN

First Name/s:

A R

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Service No/s:

1892960

Service:

Branch:

Air Gunner

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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

08 Feb 1944

ND402

UL-R2

Training

nk

nk

5h30

P1   Fg Off G.A.J. Wood
P2   
FE   Sgt H.B. Catling
AB   Sgt R.E. Williams
NAV  Sgt A.R. Marsh
WOp  Sgt W. Bird
MUG  Sgt N.S. Cassidy
RG   Sgt A.R. Doran

NOTES:

Day/night cross-country navigation exercise at 20,000ft. Route: Elsham Wolds-Bottisham-Frome-Northampton-Hereford- Maughold Head-Catterick-Elsham Wolds

09 Feb 1944

LL796

UL-T2

Training

nk

nk

0h40

P1   Fg Off G.A.J. Wood
P2   
FE   Sgt H.B. Catling
AB   Sgt R.E. Williams
NAV  Sgt A.R. Marsh
WOp  Sgt W. Bird
MUG  Sgt N.S. Cassidy
RG   Sgt A.R. Doran

NOTES:

Night cross-country navigation exercise. Sortie abandoned as Gee unserviceable

10 Feb 1944

LL796

UL-T2

Training

nk

nk

4h40

P1   Fg Off G.A.J. Wood
P2   
FE   Sgt H.B. Catling
AB   Sgt R.E. Williams
NAV  Sgt A.R. Marsh
WOp  Sgt W. Bird
MUG  Sgt N.S. Cassidy
RG   Sgt A.R. Doran

NOTES:

Day/night cross-country navigation exercise at 20,000ft. Route: Elsham Wolds-Bottisham-Frome-Northampton-Hereford-Shawbury-Spalding-Catterick-Elsham Wolds

11 Feb 1944

JA868

UL-Y2

Training

nk

nk

1h40

P1   Fg Off G.A.J. Wood
P2   
FE   Sgt H.B. Catling
AB   Sgt R.E. Williams
NAV  Sgt A.R. Marsh
WOp  Sgt W. Bird
MUG  Sgt N.S. Cassidy
RG   Sgt A.R. Doran

NOTES:

Local flying and Visual Monica practice.

19 Feb 1944

DV365

UL-N2

LEIPZIG

2345

0800

8h15

P1   Fg Off G.A.J. Wood
P2   
FE   Sgt G.B. Valentine
AB   Sgt R.E. Williams
NAV  Fg Off A.R. Marsh
WOp  Sgt W. Bird
MUG  Sgt N.S. Cassidy
RG   Sgt A.R. Doran

NOTES:

Target: built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries.

20 Feb 1944

DV365

UL-N2

STUTTGART

2355

0730

7h35

P1   Fg Off G.A.J. Wood
P2   
FE   Sgt H.B. Catling
AB   Sgt R.E. Williams
NAV  Fg Off A.R. Marsh
WOp  Sgt W. Bird
MUG  Sgt N.S. Cassidy
RG   Sgt A.R. Doran

NOTES:

Target: built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries.

02 Mar 1944

ND362

UL-Q2

Training

nk

nk

0h45

P1   Fg Off G.A.J. Wood
P2   
FE   Sgt H.B. Catling
AB   Sgt R.E. Williams
NAV  Fg Off A.R. Marsh
WOp  Sgt W. Bird
MUG  Sgt N.S. Cassidy
RG   Sgt A.R. Doran

NOTES:

Fighter affiliation.

09 Mar 1944

ND362

UL-Q2

Training

nk

nk

1h35

P1   Fg Off G.A.J. Wood
P2   
FE   Sgt H.B. Catling
AB   Sgt R.E. Williams
NAV  Fg Off A.R. Marsh
WOp  Sgt W. Bird
MUG  Sgt N.S. Cassidy
RG   Sgt A.R. Doran

NOTES:

'Y' (H2S) training.

22 Mar 1944

ND362

UL-Q2

FRANKFURT

1900

0115

6h15

P1   Fg Off G.A.J. Wood
P2   
FE   Sgt H.B. Catling
AB   Sgt R.E. Williams
NAV  Fg Off A.R. Marsh
WOp  Sgt W. Bird
MUG  Sgt H.E. Lillicrap
RG   Sgt A.R. Doran

NOTES:

Target: built-up area. Aircraft struck by incendiaries from above

26 Mar 1944

DV365

UL-Z2

ESSEN

2000

2230

2h30

P1   Fg Off G.A.J. Wood
P2   
FE   Sgt H.B. Catling
AB   Sgt R.E. Williams
NAV  Fg Off A.R. Marsh
WOp  Sgt W. Bird
MUG  Sgt E. Conner
RG   Sgt A.R. Doran

NOTES:

Target: built-up area. Returned early due to rear gunner losing consciousness.

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