
AIRCRAFT PROFILE |
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Aircraft: |
JB460 |
Type: |
Lancaster Mk. I |
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AIRCRAFT HISTORY |
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Date |
Event |
Sqn Code |
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25 Nov 1943 |
Initial record to be updated when first event found |
UL-I2 |
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25 Jan 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
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25 Jan 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-V2 |
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22 May 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-V2 |
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28 May 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-V2 |
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28 May 1944 |
Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created |
UL-X2 |
576 Squadron OPERATIONS |
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Code |
Date |
Operation |
Captain |
Events |
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30 Mar 1944 |
NUREMBURG |
Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood |
Target: built-up area. Returned early as the rear turret became unserviceable. |
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UL-V2 |
22 May 1944 |
DORTMUND |
Flt Lt W.A. Rainey |
Target: Built-up area. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 108x 30lb, 1170x 4lb incendiaries. 'Fighter attack' - Rainey L/B |
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UL-V2 |
24 May 1944 |
AACHEN |
Fg Off W.A. Rainey |
Target: Aachen West and Rothe-Erde marshalling yards. Load: 11x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. |
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UL-V2 |
24 May 1944 |
AACHEN |
Fg Off W.A. Rainey |
Target: the marshalling yards at Aachen West and Rothe-Erde Load: 11x 1000lb and 4x 500lb bombs Rainey: "Bombed at 20,000 ft" Rear gunner incorrectly listed in the ORB as Schofield. |
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UL-V2 |
06 Jun 1944 |
VIRE |
Plt Off V.P. Tomlin |
2 APs: Road/rail bridge (western AP) & marshalling yards. Bombed western AP |
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UL-V2 |
25 Jun 1944 |
FLERS |
Plt Off J.W. Alcorn |
Target: V1 'flying bomb' launch site. Load: 18x 500lb bombs. Lost without trace in air operations over enemy-occupied territory during an attack on a V1 'flying bomb' launch site in Flers. Neither the crew nor aircraft were were ever found, so were probably shot down over the Channel. The crew are all remembered at the Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Surrey |
NOSE ART |
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AIRCRAFT IMAGES |
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MOVEMENT CARDS |
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LOSS CARDS |
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LOSS/INCIDENT REPORT |
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