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Lancaster ND424Left: The Avro Lancastercockpit with the pilot’s seat onthe left. Fromhttp://www.lancasterarchive.com/lanc_crew_positions.htmBelow: Map of the targets attacked by Lancaster ND424 and her crew during May and June 1944. See theopposite page for a guide to the operation numbers. Vitry-le-Francois is 15 miles east of target 1.10
Lancaster ND4244. Operations Flown by ND424This crew in Lancaster ND424 took part in a total of 17 operational missions with 12 Squadron inMay and June 1944. The following list was compiled following a visit to the National Archive inLondon in February 2011. The documents show Leslie missed operations 6, 7 and 8 and Dougmissed operation 13. However Leslie thinks he missed just two operations due to an eye infection.From April 1944 the Allied air forces began strategic attacks in support of Operation Overlord, theplanned invasion of Europe, by attacking key railway links in northern France and Belgium.List of Operations Flown1. 3/4 May Mailly Le Camp, France. German Panzer military camp.2. 7/8 May Bruz near Rennes, France. Airfield and ammunition dump.3. 9/10 May Merville-Franceville, France. Coastal gun batteries.4. 21/22 May Duisburg, Germany. Railway marshalling yards.5. 22/23 May Dortmund, Germany.6. 24/25 May Aachen West and Rothe Erde, Germany (1). Railway yards.7. 27/28 May Aachen West and Rothe Erde, Germany (2). Railway yards.8. 9/10 June Flers, France (1). Luftwaffe airfield.9. 11/12 June Evreux (Massey-Palaiseau, Nantes & Tours), France. Railway yards.10. 12/13 June Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Nordstern synthetic oil plant.11. 14/15 June Le Havre, France. German naval forces in the port area.12. 15/16 June Boulogne. France. German light naval vessels in the harbour13. 17/18 June Aulnoye-Aymeries, France. Railway junction.14. 22/23 June Marquise-Mimoyecques, France. Nazi Germany's ‘V-3’ supergun.15. 23/24 June Saintes, France. Railway marshalling yards.16. 24/25 June Flers, France (2). Flying-bomb sites.17. 27/28 June Vaires-sur-Marne (& Vitry) Railway yards to the east of Paris, France.Left: A 12 SquadronLancaster. Photographfrom the RAF WickenbyMemorial Collection athttp://www.rafwmm.flyer.co.uk/Museum/History.html11
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Lancaster ND424Throughout my adult
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Lancaster ND424In September 2010 I
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Lancaster ND42410. The High CostOn
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Lancaster ND424Appendix AEvader & P
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Lancaster ND42427 Thu Leslie in Alh
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Lancaster ND424Appendix BFinal Oper
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Lancaster ND42412 Squadron ORB -
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Lancaster ND424Escape Report - John
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Lancaster ND424Avro Lancaster I Cut
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Lancaster ND424Appendix Q12 Squadro
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Lancaster ND42412 Squadron Losses B
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Lancaster ND424The National Archive
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Lancaster ND424Appendix VJacques De
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Lancaster ND424Appendix XDoug Jordi
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Lancaster ND424Appendix ZBob Yates
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Lancaster ND424Appendix AA The Fami
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Lancaster ND424Appendix DD The ‘L
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Lancaster ND424I decided to try and
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Lancaster ND424Appendix LL Glossary
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Lancaster ND424Appendix NN Related
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Lancaster ND424Bomber Command Badge
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