AIRCRAFT PROFILE

Aircraft:

RA594

Type:

Lancaster Mk. I

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AIRCRAFT HISTORY

Date

Event

Sqn Code

Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created

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Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created

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20 Apr 1945

Change of Sqn Code based on Flight Record created

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576 Squadron OPERATIONS

Code

Date

Operation

Captain

Events

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30 Apr 1945

DELFT AIRFIELD

Fg Off K. Fry

Operation MANNA. The dropping of emergency supplies to the starving Dutch people. Load: 4 'blocks'.

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08 May 1945

ROTTERDAM

Fg Off K. Fry

Operation MANNA; the dropping of emergency supplies to the starving Dutch people. Load: 4x 'blocks'.

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26 May 1945

FISKERTON TO BRUSSELS B58

Fg Off K. Fry

Operation EXODUS. Positioning flight to Brussels Melsbroek B58 aerodrome. *On EXODUS flights, the crews carried only one gunner, normally the Rear Gunner who flew in the mid-upper turret; this time it was the Mid-Upper Gunner.

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26 May 1945

BRUSSELS B58 TO OAKLEY

Fg Off K. Fry

Operation EXODUS. Repatriating 20+ allied PoWs back home. The crew experienced a burst tyre but it is not known if this happened in Brussels or on landing at Oakley.

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26 May 1945

OAKLEY TO FISKERTON

Fg Off K. Fry

Operation EXODUS. Return to base.

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25 Jun 1945

FLENSBURG

Fg Off K. Fry

Exercise POST MORTEM 1: A test of the German air defence radar system.

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29 Jun 1945

FLENSBURG

Fg Off K. Fry

Exercise POST MORTEM II; test of the German air defence radar network.

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01 Jul 1945

FLENSBURG

Fg Off K. Fry

Exercise POST MORTEM III; test of the German air defence radar network.

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