Operational sorties Detailed view
Flt Lt Peter Frederik Fischer
Unit
35 Sqn
Aircraft
Lancaster B III , ND692 (TL-P)
Date
16.07.44
Time
14:23 - 17:20
Details
Raid carried out from Graveley against St. Philibert
12x500 GPTD. 2x GP LD. 16.04.18 hours. 15.600 feet. 035 T 150 knots. 10/10ths strata cumulus, tops7/8000 feet. Clear above. Target identified and bombed on visual release of bomb by Moquito approximately one second. Two leading Vie formation fair. I should have been No. 2 in second Vie but number 1 lost station so took his place.
Crew:
- F/L K C Gooch
- P/O W.G. Palmer
- Sgt. C Burgay
- F/L L S Thorpe
- Sgt R. Bentley
- F/O P. F. Fischer
- Sgt. H.B. Sharpe
Source
AIR 27/381
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