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Flt Lt Peter Frederik Fischer
Unit
35 Sqn
Aircraft
Lancaster B III , PB305 (TL-P)
Date
02.02.45 / 03.02.45
Time
21:11 - 01:18
Details
Raid carried out from Graveley against Wanne Eickel
6x1000 MC. 1x4000 HC.Minol. 23.13.42 hours. 18000 feet. 084 T. 154 knots. 10/10ths strata cumulus, tops 6/7000 ft. Identified and bombed on GEE. Red glow seen on run up, began to appear at about 23.11 hours. Own bombing slightly overshot edge of glow, which coincided wth GEE release points. H2S unserviceable.
Crew:
- S/L K C Gooch
- F/L M Palmer
- F/L F W T Cross
- S/L L S Thorpe
- F/S H Evans
- F/O P. F. Fischer
- Sgt G Lindsley
Source
AIR 27/382
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