LM122

Lancaster Mk. I

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MIMOYECQUES

Flt Off C. Sawyer

Target: V3 cannon construction site. Bombed at 1548 from 19,000 ft. Pickup: 'Bags of flak. No fighters. Otherwise uneventful'.

AGENVILLE

Plt Off K.L. Trent

Target: V1 'flying bomb' support site. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. Spitfire escort provided.

LEEUWARDEN

Fg Off D.C. Smith

Enemy airfield - flown in support of Operation MARKET GARDEN. Load: 20x 500lb bombs

FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN)

Fg Off D.C. Smith

Enemy gun position on the north side of the town. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs.

DUISBURG

W.H. Hepburn

Operation HURRICANE – 3 aircraft detailed to attack August Thyssen Steelworks (C2, G2, M2), rest detailed to attack 4 aiming points (mines and coke ovens) in the Hamborn district (19 aircraft)

DUISBURG

W.H. Hepburn

Operation HURRICANE. Built-up area to the north of the docks Load: B2, K2, M2: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 2,732x 4lb incendiaries. All other aircraftc: 12x 1000lb & 4x 500lb bombs.

ESSEN

Fg Off W.H. Hepburn

2 aiming pointsin the Krupps works Load: B2, J2, N2, Z2: 1x 4,000lb, 2,220x 4lb incendiaries. All other aircraft: 11x 1,000lb, 4x 500lb bombs

ESSEN

Fg Off W.H. Hepburn

2 aiming pointsin the Krupps works Load: B2, J2, N2, Z2: 1x 4,000lb, 2,220x 4lb incendiaries. All other aircraft: 11x 1,000lb, 4x 500lb bombs

COLOGNE

Fg Off W.H. Hepburn

Two aiming points: Mulheim district of Cologne, and the SW part of the city. Load: A2, B2, C2, F2, G2, N2: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 2,332x 4lb incendiaries. All other aircraft: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 5x 1,000lb, 6x 500lb bombs 6 aircraft were scheduled to attack the Mulheim aiming point first, followed by the rest on the second AP Hepburn crew bombed Last Resort target; a very large factory 5 miles SW of Cologne

COLOGNE

Fg Off W.H. Hepburn

Two aiming points: Mulheim district of Cologne, and the SW part of the city. Load: A2, B2, C2, F2, G2, N2: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 2,332x 4lb incendiaries. All other aircraft: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 5x 1,000lb, 6x 500lb bombs 6 aircraft were scheduled to attack the Mulheim aiming point first, followed by the rest on the second AP Hepburn crew bombed Last Resort target; a very large factory 5 miles SW of Cologne

COLOGNE

Fg Off W.H. Hepburn

NW Area of City Load: F2, G2, I2, J2, M2, R2: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 2070x 4lb incendiaries. All other aircraft: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 6x 1,000lb, 6x 500lb bombs

COLOGNE

Fg Off W.H. Hepburn

NW Area of City Load: F2, G2, I2, J2, M2, R2: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 2070x 4lb incendiaries. All other aircraft: 1x 4,000lb ‘Cookie’, 6x 1,000lb, 6x 500lb bombs

DUSSELDORF

Fg Off W.H. Hepburn

Northern built-up area of the city Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 6x 1000lb, 6x 500lb bombs Failed to return from this operation. Flying at 17,500 ft, LM122 was hit by flak immediately after dropping its bombs, at 1922 hrs, which tore a large hole under the navigator's compartment and damaging the No.1 fuel tank. The pilot W H Hepburn ordered the crew to abandon the aircraft at about 5000 ft. Ofw. Josef Ströhlein in his Bf110 of 6./NJG1 fired two long bursts at the stricken aircraft at 1925 hrs. At this point the Lancaster caught fire and was seen to crash in the Baraque Michel area three minutes later. Fg Off W H Hepburn Killed Sgt T Hughes Evaded Sgt J Reavey Evaded Sgt F McWatt Killed Sgt W N Rees PoW Sgt T M A Murray Killed (Replaced Ashworth in the crew who had completed 12 operations with 166 Squadron before joining 576 Squadron.) Sgt S Fielding Killed

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