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Squadron: 104 Aircraft Name (Lancaster): Hornet's Sting
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Crew:
1943/44 Credited Kills
1943 Missions:/44

Position

 Name

 Rank

 Pilot

 "Harry" Houdini

FLTLT

 Wireless

"1155" Alker

FSGT

Navigator

"Radar" Magellan

FLTLT

 Bomb Aimer

"Dead-eye" Horner

PLTOFF

 M/U Gunner

"Cal" Sniper

SGT

Engineer

"Kaiser" Mueller

FSGT

Rear Gunner

"Charlie" Lightfoot

FSGT

Mission Number

 Target

 Result

10

Leverkusen

On Target 60%

11

Hagen

On Target 80%

12

Aulnoye, Fr.

On Target 90%

13

Bristillerie, Fr.

On Target 70%

14

Courtrai, Be.

On Target 40%

15

Meulan-les-Meureaux, Fr,

On Target 30%

16

Bergerac, Fr.

On Target 40%

17

Brunswick, Ge.

DNB

18

Ossun, Fr.

Off Target 10%

19

Metz, France

DNF

20

Awaiting Replacements

DNF

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)

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

1

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1943 Mission AAR - Previous plane Baker's Dozen lost on Hamburg mission. Minced Pie lost on Peenemunde mission.

Mission 10 - No report submitted
Mission 11 - Almost a piece-of-cake. What, Ho!!
Mission 12 - Fixer posthumously awarded the DFC ,  Compass posthumously awarded DSO.
Mission 13 - No report submitted
Mission 14 - Totally Banged-up that railyard!
Mission 15 - AAR
Mission 16 - No report submitted
Mission 17 - Engine 4 failure. Aborted.
Mission 18 - None submitted
Mission 19 - As the tail lights of Hornet's Sting receded the control tower reports an explosion just past end of run-way. Flames could be seen and when the Fire engines arrived at the scene Hornet's Sting was well ablaze. "Poor sods, never stood a chance" the Chief Fire fighter exclaims..."What's this" he says, as he bends over..."Why I think its a Kangaroo's paw"...