Steven K. Dixon 2023
Squadron: 104 Aircraft Name: Bombin' Lassie Bessie
Crew:
Previous Aircraft K- Karen lost on Brunswick mission. Karen II lost on Berlin mission.
Mission 1 - Flew to target without incident. Attacked by Me110 G4 - Jerry took his shot, hit us. Rendered bomb bay doors inoperable. NO Flak hit us. Sgt. Wright (Engineer) working to get bb doors open. Turned for home. Attacked from 12 low by DO 217 J-1 and it was shot down by some good shooting by Sgt. Wilson with the nose guns. Sgt. Baker (tail gunner), believes he saw a parachute behind and below us. Sgt. Wright continued working to try to get bb doors open; to no avail. We landed with our bombs aboard. Crew had option of bailing out near base prior to landing, but no one really wanted to bail out. Landed BOMBIN' LASSIE BESSIE without destroying aircraft or crew. Our kite should be quickly repaired and ready for next mission.
Mission 2 - Intelligence gives us credit for 40% on Target. Hit twice by flak, minor damages. Attacked just prior to bomb run by single Me110 G4 who did minor damages to us. The worse was Sgt. Van Der Zeemann hit in leg and knocking out oxygen to tail and wireless station. BOMBIN' LASSIE BESSIE should be quickly repaired and patched up to be ready for next mission.
Mission 3 - Bombin' Bonnie Bessie was shot up in zone 4by attacking Me110 G4 - radio destroyed and hit to oxygen. In zone 4, BBB was also hit by flak which killed Pilot Ian Clarke and SW Engineer Sgt. Wright. Sgt. Maitland, the navigator, took over controls of BBB and turned the bomber to return to base. In zone 3 inbound, attacked by He 219 A-O. Gunfire from attacking night fighter set starboard inboard fuel tank ablaze, and it then exploded. The RN found no survivors.
Mission 1 - Flew to target without incident. Attacked by Me110 G4 - Jerry took his shot, hit us. Rendered bomb bay doors inoperable. NO Flak hit us. Sgt. Wright (Engineer) working to get bb doors open. Turned for home. Attacked from 12 low by DO 217 J-1 and it was shot down by some good shooting by Sgt. Wilson with the nose guns. Sgt. Baker (tail gunner), believes he saw a parachute behind and below us. Sgt. Wright continued working to try to get bb doors open; to no avail. We landed with our bombs aboard. Crew had option of bailing out near base prior to landing, but no one really wanted to bail out. Landed BOMBIN' LASSIE BESSIE without destroying aircraft or crew. Our kite should be quickly repaired and ready for next mission.
Mission 2 - Intelligence gives us credit for 40% on Target. Hit twice by flak, minor damages. Attacked just prior to bomb run by single Me110 G4 who did minor damages to us. The worse was Sgt. Van Der Zeemann hit in leg and knocking out oxygen to tail and wireless station. BOMBIN' LASSIE BESSIE should be quickly repaired and patched up to be ready for next mission.
Mission 3 - Bombin' Bonnie Bessie was shot up in zone 4by attacking Me110 G4 - radio destroyed and hit to oxygen. In zone 4, BBB was also hit by flak which killed Pilot Ian Clarke and SW Engineer Sgt. Wright. Sgt. Maitland, the navigator, took over controls of BBB and turned the bomber to return to base. In zone 3 inbound, attacked by He 219 A-O. Gunfire from attacking night fighter set starboard inboard fuel tank ablaze, and it then exploded. The RN found no survivors.
Position |
Name |
Rank |
Pilot |
Ian Clarke |
Pi/Of |
Wireless |
Stephen O'Malley |
CPL |
Tail Gunner |
Mark Baker |
SGT |
Navigator |
Gregory Maitland |
SGT |
Mid-Upper |
Leslie Stewart |
CPL |
Bomb Aimer |
Treavor Wilson |
SGT |
Engineer |
Harold Wright |
SGT |
Missions 1944 Campaign 3:
Mission Number |
Target |
Result |
1 |
Ghent, Be. |
DNB - Abort |
2 |
St. Valery, Fr. |
On Target 40% |
3 |
Chambry, Fr. |
DNB - Shot Down |
Credited Kills 1944 - Campaign 3
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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