Carpe Diem - 576 Squadron RAF - The Crews

CREW MEMBER PROFILE
Surname:	HUDSON		First Name/s:	Benjamin Johnson

Service No/s:	1126973	Service:	RAFVR	Branch:	Air Gunner

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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

Date	Aircraft	Code	Flight Details	T/O	Land	Flt Time	Crew
576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS
20 Jan 1944 20 Jan 1944	ND362	UL-Q²	BERLIN	1610	2340	7h30	P1 Flt Sgt C.J.E. O'Neill RCAF P2 FE Sgt J.A.A. Mansfield AB Fg Off J.B. Armstrong RCAF NAV Sgt S. Hewitt WOp Sgt J.R. Ingham MUG Sgt G.A. Coon RCAF RG Sgt B.J. Hudson
NOTES:	Target: Built-up Area
15 Feb 1944	LL748	UL-A²	BERLIN	1725	0025	7h00	P1 Sqn Ldr D.D. Haig P2 FE Sgt A.W. Knapp AB Fg Off C. Ashcroft NAV Fg Off M.L. Abramson RCAF WOp Sgt B.J. Hudson MUG Sgt R.E. Leatham RG Sgt A.G. Wright
NOTES:	Target: Built-up Area
19 Feb 1944	LL748	UL-A²	LEIPZIG	2350	0725	7h35	P1 Sqn Ldr D.D. Haig P2 FE Sgt A.W. Knapp AB Fg Off C. Ashcroft NAV Fg Off M.L. Abramson RCAF WOp Sgt B.J. Hudson MUG Sgt R.E. Leatham RG Sgt A.G. Wright
NOTES:	Target: Built-up Area
24 Feb 1944	LL748	UL-A²	SCHWEINFURT	1820	0235	8h15	P1 Sqn Ldr D.D. Haig P2 FE Sgt A.W. Knapp AB Fg Off C. Ashcroft NAV Fg Off M.L. Abramson RCAF WOp Sgt B.J. Hudson MUG Sgt R.E. Leatham RG Sgt A.G. Wright
NOTES:	Target: Built-up Area. Combat - attacked 3 times - claimed one destroyed, one damaged
22 Mar 1944	ND385	UL-N²	FRANKFURT	1910	0140	6h30	P1 Flt Sgt A.H. Young P2 FE Sgt B.G.F. Smith AB Fg Off J.L. Ray RCAF NAV WO S.S. Pennington WOp Sgt B.J. Hudson MUG Sgt G.E. Fox RG Sgt A.C. Perkins
NOTES:	Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 108x 30lb incendiaries, 1062x 4lb incendiaries.
24 Mar 1944	ND385	UL-N²	BERLIN	1900	0305	8h05	P1 Flt Sgt A.H. Young P2 FE Sgt B.G.F. Smith AB Fg Off J.L. Ray RCAF NAV WO S.S. Pennington WOp Sgt B.J. Hudson MUG Sgt G.E. Fox RG Sgt A.C. Perkins
NOTES:	Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 108x 30lb incendiaries, 924x 4lb incendiaries. Intercepted by an Me109 in the target area. The starboard mainplane and starboard inner engine were badly damaged. The port inner engine was also hit and the port mainwheel punctured. The aircraft was also hit by flak at some stage. The rear gunner, Sgt Parkins, opened fire but no claim was made. The aircraft made it back as far as Wittering where it suffered a crash landing and listed as Category B. None of the crew were injured. The combat report is reproduced below.
10 Apr 1944	ND362	UL-Q²	AULNOYE	2330	0450	5h20	P1 Flt Sgt A.H. Young P2 FE Sgt B.G.F. Smith AB Fg Off J.L. Ray RCAF NAV WO S.S. Pennington WOp Sgt B.J. Hudson MUG Sgt G.E. Fox RG Sgt A.C. Perkins
NOTES:	Target: Marshalling yards. Load: 12x 1000lb, 4x 500lb

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