November 27/28, 1944
173 Halifaxes from 408, 415, 420, 424, 425, 426, 427, 429, 432, 433,
and 434 Squadrons were joined by 53 Lancasters from 419, 428, and 431 Squadrons
on an attack at Neuss. The crews were over the target at between 16,000
and 19,000 feet, releasing 1,880,000 lbs of high explosives and 240,000
lbs of incendiaries. According to reports there was wide spread damage
with many industrial places damaged.
F/O E. Finch from 408 Squadron landed at Eye on return due to poor weather
at base.
P/O W. Tunis, F/O H. Jones, P/O T. Barber and F/O D. Brown landed at
Great Ashfield on return due to poor weather at base.
F/O R. Bowhay landed at Durham Green on return due to poor weather
at base.
F/O R. Johnson, S/Ldr H. Reeves, F/O E. Mowatt, F/Lt R. Gall, F/O B.
Wallace, F/O R. Wallis, P/O R. Stewart, and F/Lt A. Scheelar landed Knettishall
on return due to poor weather at base.
F/O J. Britt from 415 Squadron was hit by flak, holes in port fuselage.
They landed at Attlebridge on return due to poor weather at base.
F/O W. Mitchell, W/Cdr F. Ball, F/O C. Chartier, F/O T. Donnelly, F/O
D. Stewart, F/O D. McNeill, F/O J. Tims, F/O D. McTaggart, and F/O L. Belcher
landed at Attlebridge on return due to poor weather at base.
P/O W. Lane landed at Downham Market on return due to poor weather
at base.
F/O J. McGuire landed at Rackheath on reurn due to poor weather at
base.
F/O O. Lindquist landed at Wendling on return due to poor weather at
base.
F/O D. Falconer, F/O A. Cruikshank, and F/O S. McFadden landed at Horsham
St. Faith on return due to poor weather at base.
F/Lt W. Armstrong and S/Ldr C. Black from 419 Squadron landed at
Tuddenham on return due to poor weather at base.
F/O G. Retallack landed at Acklington on return due to poor weather
at base.
F/O F. Dawson, F/O L. Blaney, F/O B. Hyndman, F/O A. Weston, P/O R.
Adam, F/O W. Osborn, F/O H. Wightman, F/Lt H. Cave, P/O L. McDonald, F/Lt
J. Barlow, P/O B. Martin, F/Lt J. Anderson, F/O F. How, and F/O G. Begg
landed at Waterbeach on return due to poor weather at base.
F/O M. Stock from 420 Squadron had both bomb doors bent by a 1000 lb
bomb which fell through, they landed at Waddington on return due to poor
weather at base.
F/O J. Cox landed at Waddington on return due to poor weather at base.
F/O W. Shotton, F/O G. Haslop, F/O M. Davidson, P/O R. MacMillan, F/O
H. Asher, F/Lt D. Buchanan, F/O J. A. Sefton, F/Lt H. Ledingham, S/Ldr
A. Plummer, P/O D. McLellan, F/O E. McKeown, F/O R. Field, F/O S. Young,
and F/O E. Watson landed at Seething on return due to poor weather at base.
F/Lt J. Thomas, F/O G. Hawthorn, F/O D. Sillers, F/O L. Wright, F/O
W. Beckett, F/O C. Walker, F/O J. Matheson, and F/Lt R. Green from 424
Squadron landed at Hethel on return due to poor weather at base.
F/O G. Reynolds landed at Knettishall on return due to poor weather
at base.
F/O C. Moir landed at Middleton St. George on return due to poor weather
at base.
F/O P. Legault, F/O J. Poirier, F/O J. MacHale, F/Lt J. Goudreau, F/O
W. Forman, F/Lt R. Archambault, F/O V. Brimicombe, F/O R. Lafreniere, F/O
A. Martel, F/O J. Sicotte, F/O J. Seguin, F/Lt H. Franks, F/O J. Desmarais,
F/O J. St. Laurent, and F/O T. MacKinnon from 425 Squadron landed at North
Pickenham on return due to poor weather at base.
F/O J. Marcotte landed at Downham Market on return due to poor weather
at base.
P/O W. Corbett landed at Woodbridge on return due to poor weather at
base.
P/O C. Selfe from 426 Squadron had the stbd outer go u/s outbound. They
bombed and returned safely to Framlingham on 3 engines due to poor weather
at base.
P/O A. McKay, F/O G. Hamilton, F/O J. Lowe, F/O H. McLure, F/O W. Egan,
F/O M. Casselman, F/Lt A. Jones, P/O A. Hutchins, F/Lt K. France, F/O C.
Benton, F/Lt J. Kirkpatrick, F/O G. Fidler, F/Lt G. Titus, F/O R. Brodie,
F/O T. Layman, and P/O M. Fraser landed at Framlingham due to poor weather
at base.
P/O R. McKenney RCAF and crew from 427 Squadron flying Halifax III MZ-867
coded ZL-G returned early as the stbd inner was u/s. The crew crash landed
at base, hitting the range butts.
Sgt H. Prior RAF
F/O H. Bronson RCAF
F/O D. Fraser RCAF
P/O S. Danks RCAF
F/O C. Kelway RCAF
F/O J. Fairley RCAF
The Halifax was destroyed but the crew was uninjured.
P/O I. Thomson returned early as the port inner was u/s. They landed
safely at Shipdam on 3 engines due to poor weather at base.
F/O P. Millard was hit by flak, not serious. They landed at Shipdam
due to poor weather at base.
F/Lt E. Shaw had one under carriage leg come down outbound, slowing
the aircraft. Over the target they were hit in the port outer engine by
incendiaries. They landed safely at Shipdam on return due to poor weather
at base.
W/Cdr C. Carling-Kelly landed at Bradwell Bay due to poor weather at
base.
F/O D. Hepburn landed at Moreton Valence due to poor weather at base.
F/O N. Roberts, F/O J. Storms, F/O W. MacKeracher, F/O J. Bell, P/O
D. Murray, S/Ldr M. Call, F/O W. Walker, and F/O J. Mulholland landed at
Shipdam due to poor weather at base.
F/O H. Humber, F/O J. Lindsay, F/Lt C. Pratt, and S/Ldr G. Gonyou from
428 Squadron landed at Witchford on return due to poor weather at base.
F/O E. Page, F/Sgt L. Read, and F/Lt H. Shewfelt landed at Tuddenham
on return due to poor weather at base.
F/O W. Tynan, F/O B. Miller, and F/O K. Roulston landed at Wratting
Common due to poor weather at base.
F/Lt W. Edmondson, F/Lt K. Ellson, F/O G. Pauli, F/O D. Poole, F/O
H. Walker, F/O R. Laturner, F/Sgt D. Mackie, and F/O N. Noel landed at
Stradishall on return due to poor weather at base.
F/O H. MacDonald from 429 Squadron returned early as the port outer
caught fire and the propeller flew off. They landed safely at Middleton
St. George on 3 engines.
F/Lt R. Charlton returned early as the stbd inner was u/s. They landed
safely at Middleton St. George on 3 engines.
F/O D. Bell was hit by flak, not serious. They landed at Wendling due
to poor weather at base.
F/O J. Keslick landed at Horsham St. Faith on return due to poor weather
at base.
F/O R. Mitchell landed at Woodbridge on return due to poor weather
at base.
F/O F. Biddell had the port outer go u/s over the target. They landed
safely at Wendling on 3 engines.
F/O C. Pope landed at Middleton St. George on return due to poor weather
at base.
F/O C. Lee landed at Shipdam on return due to poor weather at base.
W/Cdr R. Bolduc, F/Lt D. Henrickson, F/O B. Drewery, F/O G. Clarke,
F/Lt D. Walkey, F/O A. M. MacDonald, F/Lt A. Milner, F/Lt H. Hogarth and
P/O G. Hay landed at Wendling due to poor weather at base.
F/O R. Harrison from 431 Squadron landed at Upwood on return due to
poor weather at base.
F/O R. Tonnellier, P/O A. Pitzek, F/O E. Reesor, F/O S. Sorenson, F/Lt
R. W. Harrison, P/O D. Rombough, F/O H. Williamson, F/O G. Quinlan, F/O
J. Lightbown, F/O F. McGee, F/O J. Henry, F/O G. McNeill, F/O A. Huchala,
F/O D. Hagar, W/O1 D. Murray, and F/O G. Kercher landed at Tuddenham due
to poor weather at base.
F/Lt L. Kropf from 432 Squadron was hit by flak, holes in wings. They
landed at Horsham St. Faith on return due to poor weather at base.
F/O J. Mills, P/O L. McGuire, and F/O C. Hemming landed at Bourn on
return due to poor weather at base.
F/O D. Frost landed at Attlebridge on return due to poor weather at
base.
F/O E. Maguire, F/Lt J. Wallace, F/Lt C. Fyfe, F/O G. McNicoll, F/O
G. Barron, F/Lt J. Thompson, F/Lt E. Hayes, S/Ldr G. Larson, F/O A. Clarke,
F/O M. Krakowsky, F/O A. Bews, F/Lt W. Miller, and F/O L. Loppe landed
at Horsham St. Faith on return due to poor weather at base.
F/O J. Egger and crew from 433 Squadron, flying Halifax III NR-120 coded
BM-A, were attacked by an unidentified single engine enemy aircraft, some
strikes were seen and it was claimed damaged. They landed at Old Buckenham
on return due to poor weather at base.
F/O A. Heathcote, F/Lt W. Cook, F/O N. Mara, P/O R. Saunders, F/Lt
E. Van Slyck, F/O R. Russell, F/Lt W. Miller, F/O H. Solomos, F/Lt D. McGrath,
F/O R. Forbes, F/O R. Bertran, F/O S. McKellar, and F/O T. Kelly landed
at Old Buckenham due to poor weather at base.
F/O J. Wagman from 434 Squadron returned early as the compasses were
u/s.
F/O R. Henry and crew, flying Halifax III MZ-435 coded WL-D, were attacked
by an ME-109, there was no claim or damages. They landed at Methwold on
return due to poor weather at base.
F/O L. Coulter had the stbd inner u/s on return. They landed safely
at Methwold on 3 engines.
S/Ldr G. Nickerson, F/O G. Marlow, P/O F. Hart, F/O J. Hall, W/O1 C.
Ferris, P/O R. Telford, F/O C. Chapman, F/O G. Munroe, F/O A. Kiehlbauch,
P/O J. Kitchen, F/O M. Harvie, F/Lt G. Halcro, F/O T. Kowalchuk, F/Lt J.
Parrott, F/O I. Andres, and F/Lt G. Eccelstone landed at Methwold due to
poor weather at base.
6 Halifaxes from 424 Squadron were ordered on a mining operation to
Oslo. The crews were over the garden at 5,000 feet, releasing 16@1500 lb
mines.
F/O J.King and F/O D.Chance did not release their loads as they could
not find the pin point. They landed safely at Hethel on return due to poor
weather at base.
F/Lt J. Stalberger, F/O E. Smith, F/O J. Lang, and F/O F. Pearson landed
safely at Hethel on return due to poor weather at base.