Carpe Diem - 576 Squadron RAF - The Crews

CREW MEMBER PROFILE
Surname:	DYSON		First Name/s:	Sydney George "Syd"

Service No/s:	1338479 133717	Service:	RAF	Branch:	Navigator

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Date	Event	Aircraft Flown
SERVICE RECORDS
01 Jan 1941 01 Jan 1941	Enlisted at Uxbridge or Weston Super Mare (Date & location tbc)
01 Jun 1942 01 Jun 1942	Embarked UK (Date & location tbc)
08 Jun 1942 08 Jun 1942	Disembarked USA/Canada (Date & location tbc)
20 Jul 1942 20 Jul 1942	No.9 Air Observers School, 55 Course, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (St John's), PQ	Anson
06 Nov 1942 06 Nov 1942	Awarded Flying Badge and commissioned as a Pilot Officer on probation (emergency) (London Gazette 02 Feb 43, p599)
28 Jan 1943 28 Jan 1943	No.15 Elementary Flying Training School, 4 Pre-AFU Course, Kingstown (Carlisle)	Tiger Moth
03 May 1943 03 May 1943	No.12 Operational Training Unit, Edgehill	Wellington
06 May 1943 06 May 1943	Promoted to Flying Officer (war substantive) (London Gazette 16 Jun 43, p3220)
01 Mar 1945 01 Mar 1945	Set Rank from Flight Record

Date	Aircraft	Code	Flight Details	T/O	Land	Flt Time	Crew
576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS
01 Mar 1945	JB410	UL-G²	MANNHEIM	1155	1830	6h35	P1 Flt Lt P. Sleight P2 FE Fg Off V.B. Hazell AB Plt Off B.G. Hathaway NAV Flt Lt S.G. Dyson WOp Fg Off J. Hatchard MUG Flt Sgt B.R. Phillips RG Flt Sgt F.H. Taylor
NOTES:	Built-up area Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb, 1770x 4lb incendiaries. Bombed at 16,000 feet. Different load given in logbook: 1 x 4000lb, 11 x 250lb.
02 Mar 1945	ME801	UL-N²	COLOGNE	0715	1220	5h05	P1 Flt Lt P. Sleight P2 FE Fg Off V.B. Hazell AB Plt Off B.G. Hathaway NAV Flt Lt S.G. Dyson WOp Fg Off J. Hatchard MUG Flt Sgt B.R. Phillips RG Flt Sgt F.H. Taylor
NOTES:	Roads to West of the Rhine leading to Hohenzollern Bridge. Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 10x 500lb, 2x 500lb, and 4x 250lb bombs. Bombed at 14,500ft.
03 Mar 1945	NG273	*UL-I²	Training	nk	nk	2h40	P1 Flt Lt P. Sleight P2 FE Fg Off V.B. Hazell AB Plt Off B.G. Hathaway NAV Flt Lt S.G. Dyson WOp Fg Off J. Hatchard MUG Flt Sgt B.R. Phillips RG Flt Sgt F.H. Taylor
NOTES:	'Y' cross country at 10,000ft
07 Mar 1945	ME492	UL-J²	DESSAU	1700	0235	9h35	P1 Flt Lt P. Sleight P2 FE Fg Off V.B. Hazell AB Plt Off B.G. Hathaway NAV Flt Lt S.G. Dyson WOp Fg Off J. Hatchard MUG Flt Sgt B.R. Phillips RG Flt Sgt F.H. Taylor
NOTES:	Built-up area Load: D, G, H, K, L, M, N, W, X, Z: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 1170x 4lb incendiaries All other aircraft: 1x 2000lb, 1650x 4lb incendiaries Bombed at 19,000ft.
08 Mar 1945	PD271	UL-T²	KASSEL	1715	0040	7h25	P1 Flt Lt P. Sleight P2 FE Fg Off V.B. Hazell AB Plt Off B.G. Hathaway NAV Flt Lt S.G. Dyson WOp Fg Off J. Hatchard MUG Flt Sgt B.R. Phillips RG Flt Sgt F.H. Taylor
NOTES:	Built-Up Area Load: All aircraft: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’ and 1470x 4lb incendiaries.

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