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Mainly they flew with the bomber force to and from the target, but at other times they flew in small numbers away from the main stream, attempting to lure night fighters away from the bombers, and into their area of operations. Key : D = number of aircraft Despatched. At = number of aircraft which Attacked the target. Al =number of aircraft which attacked an Alternative target. N = number of aircraft which did Not complete operation. F = number of aircraft which Failed to return. Date Target D At Al N F Remarks June, 1940 14/15 Black Forest 2 2 S/Ldr Sellick, P/O Sach 17/18 Cologne 2 2 17/18 Essen 2 2 18/19 Leverkusen 1 1 S/Ldr Thomson 21/22 Bremen 6 6 25/26 Monheim 3 3 First operations from Stradishall 25/26 Ennerick 3 3 Oil target 27/28 Soest 4 4 Marshalling yards 27/28 Schwerte 2 2 Aerodromes 29/30 Gremberg 3 3 29/30 Black Forest 3 3 July 1940 1/2 Osnabruck 6 6 5/6 Hamburg 3 3 Shipyards 7/8 Gremburg 3 3 Marshalling yards 9/10 Soest 1 1 Marshalling yards 9/10 Hamm 4 4 Marshalling yards 11/12 Monheim 5 5 Marshalling yards 11/12 Hamm 1 1 Marshalling yards 13/14 Soest 4 4 Marshalling yards 13/14 Hamm 1 1 Marshalling yards 17/18 Gelsenkirchen 3 3 Buer oil plant 19/20 Essen 4 4 Marshalling yards 19/20 Bremen 3 3 Aircraft factory 21/22 Gottingen 5 5 Aircraft park 25/26 Eschwege 7 7 F/Lt Boffee crashed on landing near Norwich 25/26 Soest 3 3 29/30 Monheim 7 7 Oil plant August 1940 1/2 Mannheim 2 2 Marshalling yards 1/2 Gelsenkirchen 6 6 Oil plant 5/6 Hamburg 6 6 Oil plant Date Target D At Al N F Remarks 5/6 Hamm 1 1 Marshalling yards 8/9 Soest 2 2 8/9 Hamm 4 4 8/9 Cologne 2 2 11/12 Castrop Rauxel 6 6 Oil plant 11/12 Soest 2 2 Marshalling yards 15/16 Gelsenkirchen 9 8 1 17/18 Zeitz 5 5 Airfield 17/18 Schipol 3 2 1 Airfield 17/18 Osnabruck 2 2 Airfield 24/25 Cologne 7 7 Airfield 24/25 Munster 2 2 Airfield 24/25 Schipol 2 2 Airfield 27/28 Kiel 6 6 Gneisenau 30/31 Berlin 10 4 4 1 1 F/O Craigie-Halkett lost September 1940 2/3 Black Forest 10 10 Fire raid 5/6 Hertz Mountains 8 8 Fire raid 5/6 Emden 2 2 8/9 Boulogne 5 1 4 Invasion barges 8/9 Soesterberg 1 1 Airfield 8/9 Emden 4 4 10/11 Ostend 4 1 3 Barges and shipping 10/11 Ehrang 2 11 1 1 Barge concentrations 10/11 Antwerp 1 1 Docks 12/13 Osnabruck 3 2 1 Docks 12/13 Emden 4 1 3 Docks 14/15 Ehrang 4 4 14/15 Antwerp 7 7 Oil depot 14/15 Brussells 3 3 Rail yards 17/18 Ostend 10 10 Barges 17/18 Osnabruck 2 2 24/25 Calais 6 6 Barges 24/25 Le Havre 2 2 Barges 24/25 Hamm 2 2 Rail yard 24/25 Brussels 2 2 27/28 Brussels 1 1 27/28 Mannheim 2 1 1 27/28 Soest 2 2 27/28 Ostend 6 4 2 Barges 30 Berlin 3 3 Air Ministry building 30 Leipzig 4 4 Reich Ministry building 30 Mannheim 2 2 October 1940 7/8 Berlin 6 5 1 Police Station 7/8 Calais 2 2 Barges 7/8 Eindhoven 1 1 Airfield 10/11 Hamburg 4 4 10/11 Hanover 8 7 1 12/13 Berlin 7 6 1 12/13 Bitterfeld 5 4 1 Date Target D At Al N F Remarks 14/15 Magdeburg 6 6 16/17 Kiel 10 10 16/17 Bremen 1 1 20/21 Gelsenkirchen 6 6 20/21 Hamburg 3 3 20/21 Kiel 2 2 25/26 Hamburg 8 8 28/29 Kiel 8 8 One aircraft hit balloon cable on return. Crash-landed Harlax. 28/29 Cologne 3 3 28/29 Brussels 1 1 November 1940 1/2 Berlin 5 3 1 1 1/2 Gelsenkirchen 4 4 Synthetic oil plant 1/2 Osnabruck 1 1 5/6 Emden 6 6 5/6 Bremerhaven 2 2 5/6 Hamburg 1 1 5/6 De Mok 1 1 Seaplane base 5/6 Flushing 1 1 7/8 Essen 8 8 Krupps works 7/8 Gelsenkirchen 1 1 7/8 Hanover 1 1 Oil refinery 13/14 Nordenez 1 1 Seaplane base 13/14 Greenwalde 1 1 Berlin 13/14 W'haffen 1 1 13/14 Duisburg 1 1 14/15 Schipol 2 2 Airfield 14/15 Soesterburg 3 3 Airfield 14/15 Hamburg 5 2 2 1 17/18 Gelsenkirchen 3 2 1 17/18 Duisburg 2 2 17/18 Schipol 1 1 Airfield 17/18 Hamm 1 1 17/18 Munster 1 1 19/20 Hamburg 1 1 Oil plant 19/20 Bremen 1 1 Rail yards 19/20 Aurich 1 1 Munition train hit nr Emden. 19/20 Kiel 3 3 Ship yards 19/20 Gelsenkirchen 1 1 19/20 Hamborn 1 1 23/24 Berlin 9 4 3 1 1 Pulitzstasser rail yards 23/24 Le Havre 1 1 26/27 Cologne 2 2 26/27 Berlin 5 3 1 1 29/30 Cologne 6 6 Date Target D At Al N F Remarks 29/30 Boulogne 2 2 December 1940 6/7 Chateau Dun 1 1 Aerodrome 6/7 Etra Pagney 1 1 Aerodrome 7/8 Dusseldorf 9 5 2 2 Blast furnaces 10/11 Mannheim 4 1 3 Severe icing conditions 13/14 Bremen 4 3 1 13/14 Kiel 1 1 Photo mission, 10/10 cloud 15/16 Frankfurt 3 2 1 15/16 Berlin 5 5 16/17 Mannheim 3 3 19/20 Gelsenkirchen 7 6 1 19/20 Boulogne 2 2 21/22 Cologne 3 1 2 21/22 Ostend 1 1 21/22 Venice 4 1 1 2 Port Maghera 27/28 Bordeaux 5 3 1 1 Meriqac drome 27/28 Lorient 3 3 27/28 St Inglevert 1 1 Aerodrome 27/28 Le Havre 1 1 L7849 landed in sea off Yarmouth 3 crew lost January 1941 1/2 Bremen 10 9 1 3/4 Bremen 9 9 9/10 Gelsenkirchen 10 4 5 1 Synthetic oil plants 15/16 Emden 1 1 15/16 Wilhelmshaven 10 6 3 1 Tirpitz 22/23 Dusseldorf 3 3 January 29/30 Wilhelmshaven 4 1 1 2 Tirpitz. One aircraft crashed on take-off February 1941 1/2 Boulogne 3 1 1 1 4/5 Brest 6 6 Battleships 6/7 Boulogne 9 7 2 10/11 Rotterdam 2 2 Oil storage tanks 10/11 Hanover 10 7 3 14/15 Gelsenkirchen 12 5 6 1 Norstern oil plant 22/23 Brest 8 1 7 Hipper. Seven aircraft aborted, cause: bad weather. 25/26 Dusseldorf 9 9 P/O Horden crashed landing. 28th Wilhelmshaven 8 6 1 1 Hipper March 1941 2/3 Brest 9 9 Battleships 12/13 Bremen 5 5 Focke-Wulf aircraft factory 12/13 Berlin 6 5 1 13/14 Hamburg 10 8 1 1 Date Target D At Al N F Remarks 15/16 Lorient 3 2 1 Submarine base 18/19 Rotterdam 3 3 Oil storage depot 21/22 Lorient 10 9 1 23/24 Berlin 5 5 27/28 Cologne 8 8 31/A1 Bremen 5 4 1 April 1941 3/4 Brest 10 7 3 Battleships 3/4 Rotterdam 1 1 7/8 Kiel 8 6 1 1 7/8 Emden 1 1 8/9 Kiel 7 6 1 10/11 Brest 9 7 2 R1623 crashed near Plymouth 12/13 Brest 6 3 3 16/17 Bremen 6 5 1 20/21 Cologne 2 2 20/21 Dusseldorf 2 2 20/21 Rotterdam 6 5 1 22/23 Brest 4 4 Warships 25/26 Kiel 8 8 28/29 Brest 11 11 Poor weatherconditions May 1941 4/5 Brest 14 13 1 Warships 6/7 Hamburg 12 7 4 1 6/7 Le Havre 1 1 6/7 Wesermunde 1 1 8/9 Hamburg 11 7 2 9/10 Mannheim 9 6 2 1 11/12 Hamburg 9 8 1 11/12 Rotterdam 1 1 16/17 Cologne 9 9 23/24 Cologne 7 5 2 June 1941 2/3 Dusseldorf 11 9 2 2/3 Berlin 1 1 7/8 Brest 11 11 Prinz Eugen 11/12 Dusseldorf 12 11 1 11/12 Boulogne 2 2 12/13 Hamm 9 5 3 1 Rail yards 16/17 Dusseldorf 14 10 2 2 18/19 Brest 15 14 1 Warships 21/22 Cologne 14 11 3 24/25 Dusseldorf 10 9 1 24/25 Emden 2 1 1 24/25 Kiel 4 4 27/28 Bremen 14 11 1 2 27/28 Dunkirk 1 1 29/30 Hamburg 1 1 July 19 41 2/3 Bremen 15 15 Date Target D At Al N F Remarks 4/5 Brest 15 15 6/7 Dortmund 15 11 1 3 7/8 Cologne 11 10 1 9/10 Osnabruk 15 12 2 1 14/15 Bremen 11 7 2 2 14/15 Rotterdm 1 1 14/15 Hanover 1 1 17/18 Cologne 8 8 20/21 Cologne 11 9 1 1 20/21 Rotterdam 3 3 23/24 Mannheim 11 8 3 23/24 Le Havre 1 1 25/26 Hamburg 10 9 1 W5627 crashed on landing, Deeping St-Nicholas 25/26 Emden 1 1 August 1941 2/3 Berlin 2 2 3/4 Hanover 1 1 5/6 Frankfurt 2 2 6/7 Mannheim 11 8 2 1 Railway workshops 12/13 Hanover 10 9 1 12/13 Hanover 10 9 12/13 Berlin 1 1 Airministry building 12/13 Le Havre 2 2 16/17 Duisburg 9 7 2 Railway targets 19/20 Kiel 10 9 1 Railway target 22/23 Mannheim 9 7 2 27/28 Mannheim 13 12 1 September 1941 2/3 Frankfurt 11 8 2 1 2/3 Ostend 1 1 7/8 Berlin 9 6 2 1 W/Cdr Cruickshanks lost 7/8 Kiel 1 1 7/8 Cologne 1 1 8/9 Kassel 8 8 11/12 LeHavre 10 10 13/14 Brest 8 7 1 15/16 Le Havre 1 1 17/18 Karlsruhe 9 9 20/21 Berlin 10 2 7 1 W5452crashed,Manston 29/30 Stettin 3 2 1 29/30 Hamburg 4 3 1 October 1941 3/4 Antwerp 12 12 10/11 Cologne 9 9 12/13 Nuremburg 5 3 1 1 12/13 Bremen 4 3 1 12/13 Boulogne 4 4 13/14 Dusseldorf 11 10 1 Date Target D At Al N F Remarks 21/22 Bremen 10 10 Ship yards 21/22 Boulogne 1 1 23/24 Kiel 7 6 1 31/N 1 Bremen 5 2 3 31/N 1 Emden 7 4 3 November 1941 3/4 Brest 6 6 7/8 Berlin 5 2 1 2 12.4% loss rate. Last major raid until 1943. 7/8 Mannheim 2 1 1 7/8 Ostend 1 1 9/10 Hamburg 7 4 2 1 9/10 Dunkirk 1 1 15/16 Emden 3 3 23/24 Dunkirk 3 1 2 26/27 Emden 13 2 1 9 1 Missing a/c reported starboard engine on fire. 30/D 1 Hamburg 10 3 2 4 1 30/D 1 Emden 2 1 1 December 1941 7/8 Boulogne 2 1 1 17/18 Brest 8 3 5 Warships 17/18 Le Havre 1 1 23/24 Brest 8 8 27/28 Brest 10 7 3 January 1942 2/3 Brest 6 4 2 Scharnhorst-Gneisenau 8/9 Brest 11 11 Scharnhorst-Gneisenau 11/12 Brest 11 11 Scharnhorst-Gneisenau 15/16 Hamburg 4 1 2 1 15/16 Emden 1 1 17/18 Bremen 6 4 2 1718 Dunkirk 2 2 21/22 Bremen 6 4 2 21/22 Boulogne 1 1 26/27 Brest 9 8 1 28/29 Boulogne 3 2 1 28/29 Munster 7 4 2 1 February 1942 11/12 Le Havre 4 1 3 12th German war- 12 11 1 W/Cdr MacFadden lost ships at sea 13/14 Le Havre 1 1 13/14 Cologne 4 2 2 17/18 Ruhr 8 5 1 2 Essen area 19/20 Essen 7 6 1 25/26 Kiel 8 2 5 1 27/28 Wilhelmshaven 6 1 5 March 1942 3/4 Baillancourt 8 8 Renault works nr Paris 8/9 Essen 6 6 Date Target D At Al N F Remarks 8/9 Le Havre 1 1 9/10 Essen 6 6 12/13 Kiel 5 1 1 3 25/26 Essen 14 10 1 3 26/27 Essen 11 8 1 1 1 28/29 Lubeck 11 7 1 3 First fire-raid on German town April 1942 1/2 Hanau area 14 3 3 1 7 Low level on rail targets 5/6 Essen 8 5 3 6/7 Cologne 7 7 8/9 Hamburg 7 2 3 2 10/11 Essen 7 5 1 1 10/11 LeHavre 1 1 12/13 Essen 6 4 2 Z1158 crash landed at Martlesham 14/15 Le Havre 1 1 14/15 Dortmund 6 3 2 1 15/16 Dortmund 5 4 1 22/23 Kiel bay 5 4 1 Mine laying 23/24 Rostock 5 4 1 27/28 Cologne 3 3 28/29 Kiel 4 3 1 Last raid in Wellingtons for 214 Squadron. May 1942 17/18 Heligoland 5 4 1 Mine laying; first Stirling operation. 17/18 Vichy France 1 1 Leaflet drop 19/20 St Nazaire 3 2 1 19/20 Mannheim 2 2 29/30 Genevilliers 2 1 1 Gnome Rhone works nr Paris 29/30 Cherbourg 3 1 2 30/31 Cologne 13 10 2 1 Thousand bomber raid June 1942 1/2 Essen 11 8 3 Thousand bomber raid 3/4 Bremen 8 3 1 3 1 6/7 Emden 8 7 1 7/8 Frisians 5 3 2 Mine laying 9/10 Frisians 5 3 2 Mine laying 11/12 Frisians 9 7 1 1 Mine laying 16/17 St Nazaire 3 1 2 18/19 Frisians 6 6 Mine laying 19/20 Emden 4 2 1 1 20/21 Emden 8 3 5 22/23 Emden 6 5 1 25/26 Bremen 11 7 4 Last 1000 bomber raid 27/28 Bremen 9 7 2 29/30 Bremen 8 6 2 July 1942 2/3 Bremen 7 2 4 1 W/Cdr Knocker lost Date Target D At Al N F Remarks 7/8 Frisians 2 2 Mine laying 8/9 Wilhelmshaven 8 6 2 9/10 Frisians 3 3 Mine laying 11/12 Heligoland 8 6 2 Mine laying 12/13 Frisians 2 1 1 Mine laying 13/14 Duisburg 4 4 16th Herrenwyk 3 3 Daylight raid. Aircraft attacked by fighters. 19/20 Vegesack 6 5 1 Vulcan U-Boat yards 21/22 Duisburg 7 6 1 23/24 Duisburg 8 6 1 1 25/26 Duisburg 10 9 1 26/27 Hamburg 6 5 1 Bomber loss 7.2% 28/29 Hamburg 14 2 2 10 Bomber loss 15.2% 29/30 Saarbrucken 8 5 1 2 All eight aircraft encountered night fighters 31/A 1 Dusseldorf 12 8 4 August 1942 5/6 Frisians 6 6 Mine laying 6/7 Duisburg 11 5 2 4 9/10 Osnabruck 10 7 3 10/11 Silverthorn 4 3 1 Mine laying 11/12 Mainz 8 8 12/13 Mainz 8 2 1 5 15/16 Dusseldorf 9 2 7 16/17 Frisians 6 5 1 Mine laying 17/18 Osnabruck 9 7 1 1 24/25 Frankfurt 14 12 1 1 Second PFF led raid 27/28 Nuremburg 7 5 1 1 September 1942 1/2 Saarbrucken 9 8 1 PFF marked wrong target; Saarlouis hit. 2/3 Karlsruhe 9 7 2 4/5 Wilhelmshaven 10 8 1 1 6/7 Duisburg 8 4 4 8/9 Frankfurt 7 5 1 1 P/O Ince crash-landed, Manston 9/10 Verdon, Gironde 6 6 Mine laying 10/11 Dusseldorf 4 4 13/14 Bremen 10 7 2 1 14/15 Wilhelmshaven 6 2 1 3 15/16 Frisians 4 3 1 Mine laying 16/17 Essen 8 5 1 1 1 18/19 3 3 Mine laying 19/20 Munich 5 4 1 21/22 1 1 Mine laying 23/24 Vegesack 6 3 1 2 Vulcan ship yards 26/27 5 5 Mine laying; all recalled on account of bad weather. October 1942 Date Target D At Al N F Remarks 5/6 Aachen 11 2 9 First operation from Chedburgh. Sgt Cartland crashed on take-off. 7 a/c unable to take off. 6/7 Osnabruck 4 3 1 8/9 Frisians 4 4 Mine laying 10/11 Verdon, Gironde 4 4 Mine laying Estuary 11/12 Cadet Channel 5 5 Mine laying 13/14 Kiel 9 7 1 1 15/16 Cologne 'A' 8 4 3 1 16/17 'Furze' 3 3 Mine laying 22/23 6 5 1 Mine laying 23/24 Genoa 9 9 Savona, 30 miles away, bombed by mistake. 24/25 Milan 5 1 4 27/28 'Furze' 3 3 Mine laying 27/28 'Elderberry' 3 2 1 Mine laying November 1942 6/7 Verdon 6 2 4 Mine laying 7/8 Genoa 7 1 6 8/9 South France 4 2 2 Leaflets. One aircraft crashed on take-off. 9/10 Lyons 3 3 Leaflets 10/11 Frisians 4 4 Mine laying 20/21 Turin 8 5 3 One aircraft crashed near Stradishall. 22/23 Stuttgart 6 3 3 26/27 Diepholtz 2 1 1 28/29 Turin 7 3 3 1 One aircraft crashed on take-off. 28/29 1 1 Mine laying 29/30 Turin 5 5 All returned due to severe icing conditions. December 1942 4/5 Frisians 3 3 Mine laying 6/7 Mannheim 11 10 1 7/8 Frisians 2 2 Mine laying 8/9 'Silverthorn' 5 4 1 Mine laying 9/10 Turin 5 4 1 16/17 Diepholz 3 1 2 Secondary target attacked. One a/c hit trees and damaged. 17/18 Frisians 3 3 Mine laying 17/18 'Furze' 3 3 Mine laying 20/21 Duisburg 7 6 1 One aircraft crashed at base, closing runway. January 1943 8/9 Cadet Channel 5 2 3 Mine laying Date Target D At Al N F Remarks 12/13 Verdon 3 1 2 Mine laying 12/13 'Elderberry' 2 1 1 Mine laying February 1943 12/13 'Furze' 2 1 1 Mine laying 14/15 Verdon 7 3 4 Mine laying 15/16 Lorient 7 5 1 1 18/19 Frisians 3 3 Mine laying 21/22 Frisians 7 7 Mine laying 27/28 Verdon 1 1 Mine laying 3/4 Hamburg 11 6 3 2 4/5 Turin 5 5 5/6 4 1 3 Mine laying 7/8 Lorient 6 6 13/14 Lorient 11 11 Thousand tons of bombs on a target for first time. 14/15 Cologne 8 6 2 16/17 'Elderberry' 2 2 Mine laying 16/17 Lorient 8 8 17/18 Verdon 3 3 Mine laying. One a/c crashed nr Winchester. 17/18 'Furze' 3 2 1 Mine laying 19/20 Wilhelmshaven 9 8 1 25/26 Nuremburg 12 9 3 One a/c crashed on ldg near Bishop's Stortford. 26/27 Cologne 9 9 28/M 1 St Nazaire 11 11 March 1943 1/2 Berlin 9 5 1 2 1 3/4 Hamburg 8 7 1 5/6 Essen 10 7 1 1 1 8/9 Nuremburg 10 8 2 9/10 Verdon 1 1 Mine laying 9/10 Munich 7 3 4 One aircraft crashed on take-off. Three aircraft following withdrawn. 10/11 Verdon 5 5 Mine laying 11/12 Stuttgart 9 7 1 1 12/13 Essen 6 4 2 27/28 Berlin 11 9 1 1 PFF wrongly marked. Bombs 7Ц17 mile short. 27/28 5 3 2 Mine laying 28/29 St Nazaire 8 6 2 29/30 Berlin 10 5 5 29/30 Frisians 7 3 4 Mine laying April 1943 4/5 Kiel 12 10 1 1 6/7 Verdon 3 2 1 Mine laying 8/9 Duisburg 6 3 3 8/9 Verdon 5 2 3 Mine laying 10/11 Frankfurt 14 11 1 2 Weather bad; no damage to target. Date Target D At Al N F Remarks 11/12 Verdon 1 1 Mine laying 14/15 Stuttgart 14 10 3 1 16/17 Mannheim 13 9 1 2 1 17/18 Verdon 4 4 Mine laying 20/21 Marienhe 16 8 4 4 Heinkel factory 26/27 Duisburg 14 13 1 27/28 Verdon 5 3 2 Mine laying 28/29 Great Belt Ц 2 2 Mine laying Seiro Revsnaer 28/29 Great Belt Ц 2 1 1 Mine laying 'Asparagus' 28/29 Great Belt Ц 1 1 Mine laying 'Broccoli' May 1943 4/5 Dortmund 16 13 3 5/6 Frisians 4 3 1 Mine laying 12/13 Duisburg 18 16 1 1 13/14 Bochum 16 13 2 1 20/21 La Pallice 4 2 2 Mine laying 21/22 La Pallice 5 4 1 Mine laying 21/22 Frisians 7 7 Mine laying 23/24 Dortmund 23 18 2 3 25/26 Dusseldorf 16 12 3 1 28/29 Frisians 2 1 1 Mine laying 28/29 Verdon 3 3 Mine laying 29/30 Wuppertal 19 14 5 June 1943 1/2 Frisians 6 6 Mine laying 11/12 Dusseldorf 19 18 1 13/14 La Pallice 2 1 1 Mine laying 13/14 Verdon 6 6 Mine laying 19/20 Lw Creusot 13 13 21/22 Krefeld 13 12 1 22/23 Mulheim 12 10 1 1 22/23 Frisians 2 1 1 Mine laying 22/23 Verdon 1 1 Mine laying 24/25 Wuppertal 11 7 3 1 25/26 Gelsenkirchen 10 7 2 1 25/26 Verdon 1 1 Mine laying 27/28 Frisians 2 2 Mine laying 28/29 Cologne 11 10 1 28/29 Verdon 1 1 Mine laying July 1943 3/4 Frisians 2 1 1 Mine laying 3/4 Cologne 7 4 1 1 1 5/6 Frisians 3 2 1 Mine laying 8/9 Verdon 3 3 Mine laying 13/14 Aachen 4 4 24/25 Hamburg 11 8 1 1 1 25/26 Essen 5 4 1 25/26 Frisians 2 2 Mine laying Date Target D At Al N F Remarks 27/28 Hamburg 11 9 2 28/29 Frisians 5 5 Mine laying 29/30 Hamburg 10 8 1 1 30/31 Remscheid 5 4 1 August 1943 2/3 Hamburg 9 4 1 3 1 Severe storm conditions made raid a failure. 10/11 Nuremburg 9 7 1 1 12/13 Turin 14 11 2 1 Fiat works 16/17 Turin 7 5 2 Fiat works 17/18 Peenemunde 7 6 1 V-weapons research station. 23/24 Berlin 14 7 2 4 1 27/28 Nuremburg 7 6 1 30/31 M. Gladbach 7 7 30/31 West Frisians 1 1 Mine laying 31/S 1 Berlin 11 5 1 2 3 September 1943 (Also see Special Duties on following page) 3/4 La Pallice 2 2 Mine laying 5/6 Mannheim 7 4 3 8/9 Boulogne 10 8 2 Gun position 15/16 Montlucon 8 8 Dunlop rubber factory 16/17 Modane 10 9 1 Rail yards 21/22 Frisians 2 1 1 Mine laying 22/23 Hanover 12 7 1 2 2 23/24 Mannheim 4 4 25/26 Frisians 2 2 Mine laying 27/28 Hanover 6 4 1 1 27/28 'Silverthorn XII' 1 1 Mine laying 27/28 'Silverthorn SIV' 3 2 1 Mine laying October 1943 (Also see Special Duties on following page) 2/3 Frisians 2 1 1 Mine laying 2/3 'Silverthorn 12' 4 4 Mine laying 3/4 Frisians 1 1 Mine laying 3/4 Kassel 4 4 4/5 Frankfurt 4 1 1 2 8/9 Bremen 4 2 2 8/9 Verdon 2 2 Mine laying 17/18 Frisians 1 1 Mine laying 17/18 La Pallice 2 1 1 Mine laying 24/25 Frisians 2 2 Mine laying 25/26 'Silverthorn 11' 2 2 Mine laying November 1943 (Also see Special Duties on following page) 3/4 Frisians 2 2 Mine laying 4/5 'Silverthorn 15' 2 2 Mine laying 18/19 Mannheim 5 4 1 19/20 Frisians 3 2 1 Mine laying 19/20 Leverkusen 6 3 1 2 One bomb hit target. 266 aircraft took part. 22/23 Berlin 7 5 1 1 One a/c ditched in sea. 25/26 La Pallice 4 3 1 Mine laying Date Target D At Al N F Remarks 25/26 'Elderberry' 2 1 1 Mine laying 26/27 Frisians 2 2 Mine laying 30/31 'Scallops' 2 2 Mine laying 30/31 'Elderberry' 2 2 Mine laying Special Duties: During September, October and November of 1943, supply drops to the French Resistance were made by a Detachment of 214 Squadron which was based at Tempsford, Bedfordshire. D is the number of aircraft Despatched. A is the number Achieving the drop. N is the number Not successful. September 1943 D A N 18/19 1 1 19/20 2 2 20/21 3 1 2 22/23 1 1 October 1943 7/8 4 2 2 8/9 1 1 17/18 4 2 2 18/19 5 1 4 20/21 6 4 2 November 1943 6/7 3 2 1 7/8 6 3 3 9/10 6 2 4 10/11 6 1 5 12/13 1 1 15/16 2 1 1 17/18 3 3 Date Target D At Al N F Remarks December 1943 1/2 'Silverthorn XI' 3 3 Mine laying 4/5 Frisians 3 2 1 Mine laying 16/17 'Elderberry' 2 2 Mine laying 16/17 Frisians 1 1 Mine laying 16/17 Special target 3 3 Flying bomb site nr Abbeville 20/21 Frisians 1 1 Mine laying 22/23 Special target 5 5 Flying bomb site Abbeville 29/30 Frisians 1 1 Mine laying 29/30 La Pallice 2 2 Mine laying 31/J 1 Dutch coast 1 1 Mine laying January 1944 4/5 'Elderberry' 1 1 Mine laying 4/5 'Scallops' 1 1 Mine laying 14/15 Special target 6 6 Flying bomb site 21/22 Special target 4 3 1 Flying bomb site 23/24 'Scallops' 1 1 Mine laying During February and March, 1944, 214 Squadron converted from Stirlings to Flying Fortresses for special duties. Date Target D At Al N F Remarks April 1944 20/21 La Chapelle 4 4 Rail yards north of Paris. First Special Duties sortie in B-17s. 22/23 Dusseldorf 5 3 2 24/25 Karlsruhe 5 5 26/27 Ville St George 5 4 1 Rail yards 27/28 Montzen 4 3 1 Rail yards 30/31 Acheres Somain 4 4 Rail yards and Maintenon Ammo dumps May 1944 1/2 Tours 4 4 Aerodrome 6/7 Mantes 4 3 1 Rail depots and Louailles workshops 7/8 Tours and Nantes 3 3 Airfields 8/9 Brest 4 4 Airfields /9 Haine-St Pierre Rail yards 9/10 Gennevilliers 2 2 Gnome & Rhone factory 10/11 Lens, Ghent 4 4 Railyards 11/12 Bourg Leopold 2 2 Military camp - Belgium 12/13 Hasselt Louvain 4 4 Rail yards 19/20 Lemans 4 4 Railyards 21/22 Kiel 4 3 1 22/23 Brunswick 4 3 1 24/25 Antwerp 4 3 1 First B-17 casualty 27/28 Nantes 4 4 Rail junction 31/J 1 Samur 4 4 Rail junction June 1944 2/3 Trappes 3 3 Rail yards near Paris 5/6 Special Operation 5 3 2 Invasion of Europe France 11/12 Ste Valerie 2 2 15/16 Valenciennes 4 4 Rail yards 17/18 Aulnoye 4 3 1 Rail junction 21/22 Gelsenkirchen 3 2 1 F/Lt Peden crash landed at Woodbridge. July 1944 4/5 St. Leu d'Esserent 3 Villeneuve 3 5/6 Dijon 1 7/8 St Leu d'Esserent 6 12/13 Revigny 2 Culmont 4 12/13 Window Patrol 4 14/15 Villeneuve 7 15/16 Nevers 2 15/16 Challons 2 15/16 Window 3 17/18 Window 6 18/19 Scholven 2 Wesseling 2 Revigny 2 Date Target D At Al N F Remarks 19/20 Window 7 20/21 Bottrop 2 Coutrai 2 Window 2 Homberg 2 21/22 Window 4 23/24 Kiel 6 23/24 Mandrel Patrol 1 Window 4 24/25 Window 4 Mandrel 1 Stuttgart 6 25/26 Fereay 2 Wanne Eickel 5 Mandrel 1 Stuttgart 2 28/29 Hamburg 3 Mandrel 2 Window 2 Stuttgart 2 29/30 Mandrel 1 Window 4 August 1944 6/7 Window 4 7/8 Mandrel 2 8/9 Mandrel 2 9/10 Mandrel 2 Window 2 10/11 Mandrel 2 11/12 Mandrel 2 12/13 Mandrel 2 Russelheim 4 Brunswick 3 13/14 Window 6 Mandrel 2 16/17 Stettin 2 Kiel 4 16/17 Mandrel 2 17/18 Mandrel 2 Window 9 18/19 Bremen 3 Sterdade 1 18/19 Mandrel 2 25/26 Russelheim 3 1 Mandrel 2 Window 5 26/27 Konigsberg 2 Kiel 2 Mandrel 2 29/30 Konigsberg 2 Stettin 4 Date Target D At Al N F Remarks 29/30 Window 4 September 1944 6/7 Window 4 9/10 M. Gladbach 5 10 Big Ben Patrol 3 Daylight operation 10/11 Patrol 4 11/12 Damstadt 5 12 Big Ben 1 Daylight operation 12/13 Frankfurt 3 1 Window 7 Big Ben 1 13 Big Ben 1 Daylight operation 13/14 Gelsenkirchen 2 Big Ben 1 Window 7 14/15 Wilhelmshaven 2 Big Ben 1 15/16 Kiel 3 Big Ben 1 Window 3 16 Big Ben 2 16/17 Big Ben 1 17 Big Ben 3 Window 3 17/18 Big Ben 2 18 Big Ben 4 18 Window 3 18/19 Big Ben 2 19 Big Ben 2 19/20 M. Gladbach 3 Window 2 20 Big Ben 3 21 Big Ben 1 22 Big Ben 2 22/23 Big Ben 1 23 Big Ben 1 23/24 Munster 5 Window 1 23/24 Big Ben 2 25 Window 2 26 Big Ben 1 Karlsruhe 4 26/27 Window 3 27 Bottrop 2 27/28 Kaiserlautern 6 28/29 Window 9 29/30 Window 10 October 1944 5/6 Saarbrucken 4 Window 7 6 Bremen 1 Date Target D At Al N F Remarks 6 Dortmund 5 Window 5 7 Window 6 9 Window 6 Bochum 2 14/15 Brunswick 4 Window 7 15 Window 8 19/20 Nuremburg 4 Window 7 21/22 Hanover 2 Recalled Window 2 Recalled 23 Essen 5 Window 5 26 Window 8 30 Cologne 1 Window 8 30/31 Window 1 31 Cologne 2 31 Window 9 November 1944 1 Oberhausen 1 Window 4 2 Window 5 4 Window 5 Bochum 4 6 Gravenhorst 2 1 Coblenz 2 Window 6 9/10 Window 7 Jostle Patrol 1 10/11 Window 8 11/12 Dortmund 2 Harburg 2 11/12 Window 5 15/16 Window 7 HB787 crashed on 18/19 Window 4 landing - all killed 20/21 Window 7 Coblenz 1 21 Sterkrade 2 Castrop Rauxel 1 Aschaffenburg 2 Mittland Canal 2 Window 1 23/24 Window 6 25/26 Window 9 26/27 Munich 2 Window 3 27/28 Freiburg 1 Neuss 1 Window 2 Date Target D At Al N F Remarks 28/29 Window 6 Neuss 1 Essen 1 29/30 Window 6 30 Duisburg 2 Window 8 December 1944 1 Window 4 2 Hagen 2 Window 6 4 Heilbronn 1 Window 6 5 Window 5 6/7 Window 3 Giessen 2 Osnabruck 2 Meresburg 2 7 Special Investigation Patrol 2 9 Window 8 12 Window 9 Essen 2 15 Ludwigshaven 1 Window 4 17/18 Window 5 Ulm 2 Duisburg 3 Munich 1 18/19 Gdynia 3 18/19 Window 3 21 Window 2 Cologne 1 Bonn 1 Stettin 2 22 Coblenz 1 Bingen 1 23 Window 5 24 Window 10 Cologne 1 27/28 Window 2 Opladen 2 28/29 Bonn 1 28/29 Horten 1 M. 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