Operational sorties Detailed view
Fg Off. Niels Erik Westergaard
Unit
619 Sqn
Aircraft
Lancaster B III , ??120 (PG-)
Date
08.07.43
Time
22:27 - 03:32
Details
The primary target [COLOGNE] was attacked and bombed at 0118 hours from 21,400-ft. Weather: 10/10ths cloud over target at approximately 10,000-ft. Bombs were released on [...] flares. Nickels dropped. Very little flak was encountered on comparison to previous raids on this target. [...] were seen shortly afterwards. An unidentified twin engine plane passed by on parallel course over target area.
Crew
- F/O McDonald, D.A.
- Sgt. Smale, R.F.
- P/O Westergaard, N. E.
- P/O Headlam, J. P.
- Sgt. Tyrie, W.R.
- Sgt. Meeghan, F.A.
- Sgt. Forrester, J.
Source
AIR 27/2131
Note