Operational sorties Detailed view
Flt Lt Peter Frederik Fischer
Unit
35 Sqn
Aircraft
Lancaster B III , PB305 (TL-P)
Date
22.01.45 / 23.01.45
Time
20:11 - 00:03
Details
Raid carried out from Graveley against Gelsenkirchen
5x2000 HC.22.29 hours. 18,000 feet. 092 T. 160 knots. 10/10ths stata cumulus, tops about 1,500 feet. Identified by red target indicators seen going doqn at minus 3 cascading into cloud at about 1,500 feet. Bombed on glow which was in bombsight. No assessment can be made. Saw quite a number of good fires burning at Hamborn from earlier attack.
Crew:
- S/L K C Gooch
- F/L M Palmer
- F/L F W T Cross
- F/O J E Fenwiek
- F/S H Evans
- F/O P. F. Fischer
- Sgt G Lindsley
Source
AIR 27/382
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