Operational sorties Detailed view
Flt Lt Peter Frederik Fischer
Unit
35 Sqn
Aircraft
Lancaster B III , PB257 (TL-T)
Date
06.11.44
Time
12:23 - 15:46
Details
PB257 T Raid carried out from Graveley against Gelsenkirchen
1x4000 HC. 4x1000 MC. 2x1000 ANM.44. 6x500 GP. 13.57 hours. 18,000 feet. 075 T. 160 knots. Nil cloud – good visibility. Identified visually by railway and built up area. No markers seen on arrival due to smoke screen in operation. Bombed visually by identifiyng built up area and railway, almost due west of actual aiming point.
Crew:
- F/L K C Gooch
- P/O H.M Pringle
- P/O N T Adams
- F/S R Perkins
- F/S H Evans
- F/O P. F. Fischer
- Sgt G Lindsley
Source
AIR 27/318
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