6 Group Bomber Command: An Operational Record by Chris Ward

Author:Chris Ward
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Aviation
ISBN: 9781844687329
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2010-06-15T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWO

Quick Reference

AIR OFFICERS COMMANDING

Air Vice Marshal G E Brookes 25.10.42 to 28.02.44

Air Vice Marshal C M McEwin 29.02.44

OPERATIONAL STATIONS

Croft Dalton East Moor

Leeming Linton-on-Ouse Middleton St George

Skipton-on-Swale Tholthorpe Topcliffe

AIRCRAFT TYPES

Wellington Halifax Lancaster

QUICK REFERENCE AIRCRAFT/SQUADRON

405 (Vancouver) Squadron

Halifax II First received 23.04.42

First operation Cologne 30/31.05.42

408 (Goose) Squadron

Halifax II/V First received 11.10.42

First operation Mining 9/10.01.43

Lancaster II First received 12.08.43

First operation Stuttgart 7/8.10.43

Last operation Brussels & Melsbroek 15.08.44

Halifax III/VII First operation Hamburg 28/29.07.44

415 (Swordfish) Squadron

Halifax III/VII First operation Hamburg 28/29.07.44

419 (Moose) Squadron

Halifax II First received 11.42

First operation Mining 09/10.01.43

Last operation Montzen 27/28.04.44

Lancaster X First received 03.44

First operation Montzen 27/28.04.44

420 (Snowy Owl) Squadron

Wellington Last operation Duisburg 26/27.04.43

Halifax First received 11.43

First operation Berlin 15/16.02.44

424 (Tiger) Squadron

Wellington First received BJ658

First operation Lorient 15/16.01.43

Last operation Mannheim 16/17.04.43

Last disposed of 01.44

Halifax III First received 12.43

First operation Berlin 15/16.02.44

Last operation Stuttgart 28/29.01.45

Lancaster First received 01.45

First operation Ludwigshafen 1/2.02.45

425 (Alouette) Squadron

Wellington First operation Aachen 5/6.10.42

Last operation Duisburg 26/27.04.43

Last disposed of 12.43

Halifax III First received 12.43

First operation Leipzig 19/20.02.44

426 (Thunderbird) Squadron

Wellington First operation Lorient 14/15.01.43

Last offensive op. Düsseldorf 11/12.06.43

Last operation Sea search 14.06.43

Lancaster II First received 06.43

First operation Peenemünde 17/18.08.43

Last operation St Ghislain 1/2.05.44

Halifax III First received 04.44

First operation Sea search 19.04.44

First offensive op. St Valery en Caux 7/8.05.44

427 (Lion) Squadron

Wellington Last operation Mining 28/29.4.43

Last disposed of 04.05.43

Halifax V First received 05.43

First operation Wuppertal 29/30.05.43

Last operation Berlin 28/29.01.44

Halifax III First operation Berlin 15/16.02.44

Last operation Mining 02/03.03.45

Lancaster I/III First received 02.03.45

First operation Essen 11.03.45

428 (Ghost) Squadron

Wellington Last operation Düsseldorf 11/12.06.43

Last disposed of 06.43

Halifax II/V First received 06.43

First operation Le Creusot 19/20.06.43

Last operation Mining 05/06.07.44

Lancaster X First received 06.44

First operation St Pol/Cambrai 14/15.06.44

429 (Bison) Squadron

Wellington Last operation Mining 3/4.08.43

Last disposed of 08.43

Halifax II/V First received 08.43

First operation Montluçon 15/16.09.43

Last operation Le Mans 13/14.03.44

Halifax III First operation Stuttgart 15/16.03.44

Last operation Castrop-Rauxel 15.03.45

Lancaster First received 03.45

First operation Hamburg 31.03.45

431 (Iroquois) Squadron

Wellington Last operation Mining 12/13.07.43

Halifax II/V First received 07.43

First operation Mining 2/3.10.43

Last operation Amiens 16/17.03.44

Halifax III First received 03.44

First operation Noisy-le-Sec 18/19.04.44

Last operation Cologne 30.10.44

Lancaster X First received 10.44

First operation Oberhausen 1/2.11.44

432 (Leaside) Squadron

Wellington First received 2.05.43

First operation Dortmund 23/24.05.43

Last operation Mining 22/23.10.43

Lancaster II First received 25.10.43

First operation Sea search 19.11.43

First offensive op. Berlin 26/27.11.43

Last operation Berlin 30/31.01.44

Halifax III/VII First received 02.44

First operation Sea search 16.02.44

First offensive op. Schweinfurt 24/25.02.44

433 (Porcupine) Squadron

Halifax III First received HX268 3.11.43

First operation Mining 2/3.01.44

Last operation Magdeburg 16/17.01.45

Lancaster I/III First received 01.45

First operation Ludwigshafen 1/2.02.45

434 (Bluenose) Squadron

Halifax V First received 06.43

First operation Milan 12/13.08.43

Last operation Boulogne-sur-Mer 11/12.05.44

Halifax III First received 05.44

First operation Trouville 24/25.05.44

Last operation Nippes/Cologne 21/22.12.44

Lancaster X First received 12.44

First operation Lohausen 24.12.44

GROUP STRENGTH

As of 1st January 1943

Operational Squadrons

408, 419, 420, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428

As of April 1945

Operational Squadrons

408, 415, 419, 420, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 431, 432, 433, 434

Quick Reference Station/Squadron

Croft 408, 427, 431, 434

Dalton 420, 428

Dishforth 425, 426

East Moor 415, 429, 432

Leeming 405, 408, 427, 429

Linton-on-Ouse 408, 426

Middleton St George 419, 420, 428

Skipton on Swale 424, 432, 433

Tholthorpe 420, 425, 431, 434

Topcliffe 405, 424

Quick Reference Station/Squadron Dates

Croft 408 09.12.41 to 13.09.42

427 07.11.42 to 04.05.43

431 10.12.43 to 06.06.45

434 11.12.43 to 09.06.45

Dalton 428 07.11.42 to 01.06.43

420 06.11.43 to 11.

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