Aie j'ai rien fait pour Thiverny ...
Enfin: je sais que:
"Creil station and surroundings bombed around 21H30. 5 dead and 10 injured)"
132 total Lancasters sent:
97 Squadron sent:
Lancaster ND862G
F/L H.A.B.Baker, W/O W.Hunter, F/O J.W.H.Oldham, F/L W.G.Rogers (A/B), P/O E.H.Moore (Vis A/B), F/O G.E.Howells (W/Op), F/Sgt J.D.Mitchell (MG), Sgt T.Twomey (MG), F/Sgt J.E.Lenox. Up 1932 Down 2324. 4 x TI red No 16, 9 x 1000lb GP, 1 x 1000lb MC LD (72 hrs). Weather clear, no cloud. Target located visually by junction at marshalling yard near L-shaped bend of wood. Yellow marker had not gone down by H-1 so we aimed visually at aiming point. VHF had to be switched off during bombing as nothing could be heard on intercom. As aircraft turned away another 4 red TIs were seen to fall in the same place. Wind broadcast by 97/G was 216/17 mph. Two further sticks of bombs seen to fall accurately across aiming point. Yellow Oboe marker appeared on aiming point among red TI just after aircraft had closed bomb doors.
Lancaster PA979R
F/O H.W.J.Edwards, F/O W.Hannah, F/L E.C.Burt, F/L J.Skingley, F/O K.S.Barker (Vis A/B), P/O A.W.A.Burnell, F/L R.Underhill (MG), F/L C.C.Sherring (MG), F/Sgt J.Rumney. Up 1931 Down 0002. 4 x TI red No 16, 9 x 1000lb GP, 1 x 1000lb MC LD (48 hrs). Weather clear, slight ground haze. Identified target visually. Ran over target at 2130 hours; no markers were down. Visibility not good. Target was identified too late to start a bombing run. Returned on route ordered (to Reading thence across country to North Sea to jettison 2 x 1000lb GP, 1 x 1000lb MC) at position 5400N 0210E, 2331 hours at 9000’. Several efforts were made to pass winds found to Controller without success. 7 x 1000lb GP and 4 TI red brought back.
630 Squadron sent 9 Lancs:
Lancaster ?
Pilot Joe Lennon, Flight Engineer Harry Parkins, Bomb Aimer Jimmy Hurman, Navigator Bruce Reese, WOP Jimmy Marriot, Mid Upper Gunner Joe Malloy, Rear Gunner Joe Pollard
Operations “Thiverny”, our 26th operation, was our second daylight raid on 19 July 1944 at East Kirkby, Lincolnshire. Although it was much clearer to see our target, it was nonetheless scary, because the enemy fighters also had a better view of us approaching. A fighter did in fact spot us and caught our fuselage with several shots of tracer bullets. Our skipper did the famous corkscrew and our two rear gunners, mid upper and tail, fired back fairly quickly. Luckily for us they appeared to frighten the fighter off and it didn’t follow up with the fight. We were very lucky to escape any casualties, as on landing we discovered 17 bullet holes in our Lancaster.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stor ... 6353.shtml
By Flight Engineer Harry Parkins
106 Squadron sent 17 a/c