Steven K. Dixon 2022
Squadron: 103 Aircraft Name: X-Ray
Crew:
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Name |
Rank |
Pilot |
Sumner Cotton |
F/Lt. |
Navigator |
Burton Northcott |
P/O |
Bomb Aimer |
Tavish Beattie |
P/O |
Engineer |
Winston Howells |
SGT |
Wireless/Gunner |
Elmer Allenby |
SGT |
Mid-Upper |
Stanley Reynolds |
SGT |
Tail |
Earl Brooks |
CPL |
1943 Missions:
Mission No. |
Target |
Result |
14 |
Courtrai, Be. |
On Target 94% |
15 |
Meulan-les-Meureaux, Fr. |
DNF |
16 |
Bergerac, Fr. |
DNB |
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Credited Kills:
Mission No. |
ME 110 F-4 |
ME 110 G-4 |
JU 88 C-6 |
JU 88 G-7 |
DO 217 J-1 |
DO 217 N-2 |
HE 219 A-0 |
FW 190 A-5UZ |
ME 109 G-6U4N |
ME 262 B-1AU1 |
TA 154 A-0 |
DO 217 J-1 (Italy) |
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Last plane, D for Derby shot down during Vegesack mission Aug 1942. L-Lincoln shot down during Genoa, Italy mission (Mission 8 1943). Previous A/C G-Griffin lost on Aulnoye mission. P-Prescott lost on Bristillerie mission.
1943 Mission Notes:
Mission 14 - Rookie crew scores big. A pair of Bf110s encountered outbound over the Channel. No damage caused by either side. AAA was ineffective, when encountered. Aircraft was unmolested on bomb run, allowing a straight and smooth approach, dropping 94% of the bombs on target. The next encounter with an enemy fighter was another Bf110 over the Channel. This time defensive fire caused a fuel tank fire on the Bf110F4, forcing it to break off. A probable. Long way to fly home with a fuel tank on fire.
Mission 15 - No good deed goes unpunished. After dropping an unexpected 94% of our bombs on target, on our first mission, we aborted on our second. As we were running up our engines, in preparation for roll out and takeoff, #2 engine caught fire. We successfully extinguished the flames, and conducted an emergency shut down of engine #1, and evacuated the plane. A very unpleasant feeling watching our squadron take off without us.
Mission 16 - Flight was quiet all the way to the target. Radar detection was quiet until we crossed the French coast, then went quiet until approach to the target. Flak was ineffective. X-Xray was hit with a Shrage Musik attack. Six (6) cannon hits, with only one causing any damage, and that was a fuel leak which caught fire in the starboard wing. Captain hit the bail out alarm. All crew bailed out safely, and all were captured and interned by the Germans.
1943 Mission Notes:
Mission 14 - Rookie crew scores big. A pair of Bf110s encountered outbound over the Channel. No damage caused by either side. AAA was ineffective, when encountered. Aircraft was unmolested on bomb run, allowing a straight and smooth approach, dropping 94% of the bombs on target. The next encounter with an enemy fighter was another Bf110 over the Channel. This time defensive fire caused a fuel tank fire on the Bf110F4, forcing it to break off. A probable. Long way to fly home with a fuel tank on fire.
Mission 15 - No good deed goes unpunished. After dropping an unexpected 94% of our bombs on target, on our first mission, we aborted on our second. As we were running up our engines, in preparation for roll out and takeoff, #2 engine caught fire. We successfully extinguished the flames, and conducted an emergency shut down of engine #1, and evacuated the plane. A very unpleasant feeling watching our squadron take off without us.
Mission 16 - Flight was quiet all the way to the target. Radar detection was quiet until we crossed the French coast, then went quiet until approach to the target. Flak was ineffective. X-Xray was hit with a Shrage Musik attack. Six (6) cannon hits, with only one causing any damage, and that was a fuel leak which caught fire in the starboard wing. Captain hit the bail out alarm. All crew bailed out safely, and all were captured and interned by the Germans.
