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Raid on Aachen May 24/25th 1944
Hello,
For an article I am writing about the crash of LW653 in Dongen Vaart I am looking for the flown route from Lissett to Aachen and back, during the night of 24 to 25 May 1944. Is there a map/plan available? And which bombing flights were there even more that night? Thanks in advance. |
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Re: Raid on Aachen May 24/25th 1944
Hi Mark,
Like this one? Regards, Hans |
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Re: Raid on Aachen May 24/25th 1944
Hello ,
442 aicraft , 264 Lancasters , 162 Halifaxes and 16 Mosquito's were on this mission. Squadrons 101 , 158 , 429 , 7 , 419 , 51 , 576 , 78 , 10 , 424 , and 640 lost aircrafts. The route flown by 10 squadron was :Melbourne , Hornsea , 5230N0300E a point in the Northsea east of Norwich , 5048N0530E S'Herenelderen near Tongeren Belgium , Aachen , 5046N0618E Gressenich east off Aachen , 5132N0540E Gemert north off Eindhoven Netherlands , Ordfordness , Melbourne Regards Alain57 |
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Re: Raid on Aachen May 24/25th 1944
List of squadrons and numbers of a/c operating against Aachen
N 1 Aachen Lancaster 12 16 N 1 Aachen Lancaster 101 19 N 1 Aachen Lancaster 103 13 N 1 Aachen Lancaster 166 23 N 1 Aachen Lancaster 550 17 N 1 Aachen Lancaster 576 15 N 1 Aachen Lancaster 626 13 N 3 Aachen Lancaster 15 15 N 3 Aachen Lancaster 75 13 N 3 Aachen Lancaster 622 15 N 4 Aachen Halifax 10 9 N 4 Aachen Halifax 51 18 N 4 Aachen Halifax 76 18 N 4 Aachen Halifax 78 10 N 4 Aachen Halifax 158 20 N 4 Aachen Halifax 578 15 N 4 Aachen Halifax 640 12 N 6 Aachen Halifax 424 15 N 6 Aachen Halifax 427 15 N 6 Aachen Halifax 429 15 N 6 Aachen Halifax 433 15 N 6 Aachen Lancaster 408 16 N 6 Aachen Lancaster 419 14 N 8 Aachen Lancaster 7 14 N 8 Aachen Lancaster 35 11 N 8 Aachen Lancaster 156 10 N 8 Aachen Lancaster 405 7 N 8 Aachen Lancaster 582 15 N 8 Aachen Lancaster 635 8 N 8 Aachen Mosquito 105 8 N 8 Aachen Mosquito 109 8 N 100 Aachen Halifax 192 4 N 100 Aachen Mosquito 192 1 N = Night, Group, Target, Type, Sqn no, Sorties Martin |
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Re: Raid on Aachen May 24/25th 1944
Thank you for the information! This will help.
kind regards, Mark |
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