CREW MEMBER PROFILE

Surname:

DUNS

First Name/s:

Joseph Pearson "Joe"

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Service No/s:

R186214

Service:

RCAF

Branch:

Air Gunner

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

05 Jan 1944

ED888

UL-V2

STETTIN

0000

0930

9h30

P1   Flt Lt C.A.B. Johnson
P2   
FE   Sgt G.B. Valentine
AB   Fg Off H. Gerus RCAF
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt N.H. Morris
MUG  Sgt W.R. Owen
RG   Sgt J.P. Duns RCAF

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries

14 Jan 1944

ME583

UL-F2

BRUNSWICK

1620

2030

4h10

P1   Flt Lt C.A.B. Johnson
P2   
FE   Sgt G.B. Valentine
AB   Fg Off H. Gerus RCAF
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Sgt N.H. Willett
MUG  Sgt W.R. Owen
RG   Sgt J.P. Duns RCAF

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.

30 Jan 1944

ND402

UL-R2

BERLIN

1655

2355

7h00

P1   Flt Lt C.A.B. Johnson
P2   
FE   Sgt G.B. Valentine
AB   Fg Off H. Gerus RCAF
NAV  Fg Off W. Woodfine
WOp  Plt Off H.T. Shewan
MUG  Sgt P.T. Lalor TBC
RG   Sgt J.P. Duns RCAF

NOTES:

Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 56x 30lb and 762x 4lb incendiaries.

15 Feb 1944

LL794

UL-D2

BERLIN

1715

0010

6h55

P1   Flt Lt G.A. Davison
P2   
FE   Sgt L.B. Martin
AB   Fg Off R.C. Rice
NAV  WO A. Selman
WOp  Sgt B.G. Davies
MUG  Sgt C. Gregory
RG   Sgt J.P. Duns RCAF

NOTES:

Target: Built-up Area

19 Feb 1944

ND362

UL-Q2

LEIPZIG

2330

0720

7h50

P1   Flt Lt G.A. Davison
P2   
FE   Sgt L.B. Martin
AB   Fg Off R.C. Rice
NAV  WO A. Selman
WOp  Sgt B.G. Davies
MUG  Sgt C. Gregory
RG   Sgt J.P. Duns RCAF

NOTES:

Target: Built-up Area

11 Apr 1944

LL838

UL-K2

AACHEN

2010

0020

4h10

P1   Flt Lt G.A. Davison
P2   
FE   Sgt C.N.G. Drew
AB   Fg Off R.C. Rice
NAV  WO A. Selman
WOp  Sgt B.G. Davies
MUG  Sgt C. Gregory
RG   Sgt J.P. Duns RCAF

NOTES:

Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 12x 1000lb bombs and 300x 4lb incendiaries.

27 Apr 1944

LM527

UL-U2

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN

2110

0605

8h55

P1   Sqn Ldr G.A. Davison
P2   
FE   Sgt C.N.G. Drew
AB   Fg Off R.C. Rice
NAV  WO A. Selman
WOp  Sgt B.G. Davies
MUG  Sgt C. Gregory
RG   Sgt J.P. Duns RCAF

NOTES:

Target: Marshalling yards Loads: 1st Wave: 1x 1000lb, 1x 500lb bombs, 84x 30lb and 1050x 4lb incendiaries 2nd Wave: 1x 4000lb ‘cookie’, 30x 30lb and 600x 4lb incendiaries 3rd Wave: 1x 1000lb, 1x500lb bombs, 84x 30lb and 960x 4lb incendiaries. It cannot be determined which wave was flown by this crew.

15 May 1944

ME687

UL-S2

KIEL HARBOUR

2200

0105

3h05

P1   Plt Off R.R. Reed
P2   Flt Lt W.A. Rainey
FE   Sgt A. Taylor
AB   WO2 M.A. Saruk RCAF
NAV  Fg Off G. Hallows
WOp  Fg Off W. Murphy
MUG  Sgt S.S. Greenwood
RG   Sgt J.P. Duns RCAF

NOTES:

Gardening. Load:6x 1500lb mines. Returned early as the H2S and Gee were unserviceable.

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