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Flt Lt Peter Frederik Fischer
Unit
35 Sqn
Aircraft
Lancaster B I , NG434 (TL-T)
Date
04.02.45
Time
18:30 - 23:04
Details
Raid carried out from Graveley against Bonn (bombed Coblenz)
1x4000 HC. 5x1000 ANM.65. 5x500 MC. 20.47 hours. 18,000 ft. 056 T. 155 knots. 10/10ths strata cumulus, tops 12,000 ft. Gee was u/s – two returns on H2S. Ran up to southernmost believing it tob e Bonn – later saw activity to north over Bonn. Coblenz picked up on set and bombed in error.
Crew:
- S/L K C Gooch
- F/L E T Sinclair (2nd Pilot)
- F/L M Palmer
- F/L F W T Cross
- F/O J E Fenwick
- F/S H Evans
- F/O P. F. Fischer
- Sgt G Lindsley
Source
AIR 27/382
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