Diary of Flying Officer Clifford Timothy O'Riordan,1943
F/O C. T. O'Riordan
460 Sn
Ralph
The first fragment in this unofficial diary is definitely a human
document. Read it with sympathy as a later Bomber Command type & if
you think it breathes some life to the ordinary reader, please ask Gavin
if it should be included as an appendix (or part of an appendix) to the
second volume. I particularly relish the part where he has to
assure His Majesty that a his broken limb is strictly "non-operational".
All participants could if necessary be made anonymous.
I could find you some similar or contrasting voices for a
symposeum on "We were there!"
J.H. 21/3/53.
April 1943
Tuesday 13. Big do on & we're operating. 2250
gals petrol & ammunition cut down to a
minimum. Much speculation as to the
target. Austria? Checko. Slovakia? New
navigator in crew & did xcountry in afternoon
to try him out. Dropped in at Elsham
& saw Blue Freeman whom Im defending
at Ct Martial, since Tom McMel has gone.
Seems to have an outside chance.
Briefing at six. Target Spezia, Italy.
They think there are battleships there.
Uneventful trip out. The alps looked
like a travel poster. We were bang
on course & the first aircraft at the
target. The town lights were all on
& we could see cars & buses going up
& down the streets. Stooged across &
had a look. Height 7000. No ships.
Made a second run. Some of the
town blacked out. made a third
run & dropped em on the docks. Caught
in searchlights & lots of light flak.
Climbed into cloud. Extraordinary
effect of reflections in cloud, with
colored flak & own over aircraft silhouetted
a dozen times. Soon out of trouble
& heading for home. After an hour
or so camp asked if we had crossed
the alps. no one had seen them.
Later we passed over lighted towns
which hastily blacked out. Hopelessly
lost & the navigator couldn't take an
astro shot. Later we came over the
sea & kept stooging along. Airborne for
eight hours & lost. Mitch the WOP
finally got a QOM and we set course
due South of Southhampton. After a
while land appeared & we lost
height to find where we were.
Flak came up to welcome us
& we were over Lorient. For
good measure our navigator took us
over Brest & a convoy. They all
had a poop at us. Diverted to
Hanwell. Bright sunlight & down
to 1000 ft feeling secure when we
went straight through the Yeovil
balloons. Finally made it, but
well overdue 11 hours 5 minutes in the
air. Found we had set course
wrongly from target & went bang
across Spain & up the bay of
Biscay. Shaky do. Got to Breighton
at 4 PM & left for London at 5.
Caught midnight train.
Thursday 15. Stayed at Golfers Club. Met
Crew & the Winged at the Codgers. did
a pub crawl. Finished up at
the New Yorker. Quite a day.
Friday 16. Went for a steak dinner
with the boys & W/C Martin. Ive
got him blackmailed for life for having
a pee into a flower vase.
Saturday 17. Was going to Frinton on Sea
to visit Brian & Babs Smith, but fate
otherwise decreed. Lanagins & McLaughlan
rolled us & then Jimmy Crabb who didnt
know he'd been given a gong that
morning. Party - finished up at
the old pub in Warling Street. Stan
Ricketts in fine form climbing lamp
posts.
Sunday 18. Got to mass. At 1230
I arrived in the Strand to quench
a great thirst. There wasnt a taxi,
pedestrian or even stray cat in
Fleet St, but when I turned the
corner there must have been 50
Australian airmen waiting outside
Codgers for it to open. Went with
George Peterson for dinner.
Monday 19. Peterson & I met 2 nice
show girls from George Blacks revue. Went
to Star Spangled Rythym.
Tuesday 20. Just about to leave London
when I ran into Pat Creman. Hes
a Sq Ldr & came over with a draft of
airmen. Caught train to Scunthorpe
& met by Blue Freeman who drove
me to the camp.
Wednesday 21. Court Martial. G./C. Edwards
VC DSO DFC the President. They laid it
on thick for Blue, but the country
May.
police were just a piece of cake in
cross examination & to my surprise
& delight we got away on every charge.
Celebration later at Scunthorpe with
Blue & Jake Kennard my old Skipper.
Stayed at the Oswald as guest of the
Harrisons.
Thursday 22. Travelled to Leeds & stayed the
night.
Friday 23. Good Friday, but no stations
at our Church. Incidentally we
use the little Methodist chapel for
mass on Sundays!
Monday 26. Duff weather. Ops scrubbed.
Wednesday 28. Still the same. Brassed off.
Saturday 1st. Detailed to make a speech
at a Wings for Victory rally at Allerton.
Got there & no crowd. Only 24 hours
late.
Sunday 2. Ops scrubbed when the
aircraft were running up. Went to
the 7 sisters with Winflo & Speare.
Monday 3. Another scrub. Party in
the mess.
Tuesday 4. Ops Dortmund. Good show.
19 Kites on from Breighton. Jackels crew
missing & 5 Kites from Boline. Jackels
observers Russ used to be a bullock drover
& timber fetter in Queensland. Quite a
character.
Thursday 6. Ops on again but scrubbed at 5.30.
Friday 7. Another scrub. F/O Anderson & F/S
Furnham have been given immediate f on p
for their last show. They are still in
hospital.
Saturday 8. The stationary front is still
about & another scrub.
Sunday 9. Im O/C advance party to Binbrook.
Leaving to-morrow. Another scrub & had
a farewell party at the Ferry.
Monday 10. Travelled to Binbrook with 5
Fl/Sgts & 20 erks. Getting things in order
for the squadron. Lot of G.H.Q. deadheads
here.
Tuesday. Run off my feet. Have signed
for 3 hangars & four living blocks.
Every detail needs my signature. Why?
Wednesday 12. My birthday, but no chance
to celebrate. The boys went to Dursbry
to-night & it was Laurie Simpsons last
trip. Got through on 3 engines Had
a beer in the village before turning in.
Thursday 13. Still cracking on amidst
glorious confusion. The boys bashed
Balhim. That sounds like 'Truth'.
Friday 14. The Squadron started arriving
by glider at 830. By midday most of
the ground crew & equipment were here.
In the afternoon the Lancaster Party
arrived with the ground crew of each kite.
Hell of a flap getting them all settled in.
Went back to Farewell to Breighton by
glider. Party started with shoot up
of mess by Grant in a Lanc.
sent them a pyrotechnic display by
Camp which grounded aircraft for miles
around. Two motor bikes in the
mess & G./C. Crummy got a black eye
when thrown through a screen.
I slept in the mess from 5 AM after
playing accompaniment to Mochetty on
the violin.
Saturday 15. Party resumed at 10 AM. Dale
with a Véry pistol made everyone drink
a 400 special. Quite a bright party.
Tried to ride a horse in the field
& fell off. Was going back in
Bruce Bennets Car (4D a pound peas)
till I found he had no clutch or
brakes. Bought Phil Wards car
on the spot & drove myself to
Binbrook. Arrived at 1 AM.
Sunday 16. Arm a bit sore. Saw
the Doc & he put it in splints.
Says its fractured.
Monday 17. Into Grimsby for xray.
The Doc was right. Communated
fracture of the lower radius. Felt
a fraud when an old lady offered
me a seat in the bus coming
back. Look like a red cross poster.
Tuesday 18. Five fresher crews on a timing
stooge to the Girome. all back
safely.
Wednesday 19. Have to make an official
statement of my 'wound' to Air Ministry.
Wouldnt it!
Thursday 20. No ops. Cross Country
practice for six crews.
Friday 21. No ops. Drove to Trelby with
Frank Arthur, Cappi and Eddie Huldon.
Lovely spot with Tennysons "Brook"
running past the pub.
Saturday 22. Still no ops. Liberty bus
to Grimsby. Went to the Officers Club
& danced a while. Bennet sold his
"Granny Smiths a bob a dozen. They're nice!"
Sunday 23. Ops. Dortmund. Biggest effort
yet by Bomber Command.
Monday 24. Turnhams Kite. 'B Beer' an
awful mess. 150 holes by fighters & no one
hurt. Gongs have been given to
Ted McKinnon, Geoff Heath, Moore &
St Smith. Hadley won
the 'picture pool' for last night on
Dortmund. Skippy Horne is very proud.
Thursday ^Tuesday 25. Ops. Dusseldorf. 26 on
Thursday 27. Five aircrew were told to
parade outside the mess at 11.00.
Didnt know what it was all about, but
camp told me to be there. At 11. their
Majesties arrived. I tried to hide
behind ands, but the King asked me
what happened to my arm. The A.O.C.
was there, but I told him the
truth. He laughed like Hell &
said "Did you borrow the horse or
scrounge it?" Told him I scrounged
it. The Queen was grand.
Ops were on to Essen. Nothing for
me to do so drove to market Rasen
with Frank Arthur.
Friday 26. Stand down. Mac & I went
to a 'musical evening' in Grimsby
& came back in time for the Sergeants
dance.
Saturday 29. Ops again. 2 crews missing.
Monday 31. Standown. Into Grimsby
for another xray. A chap in the
Guardroom tried to commit suicide
by cutting his throat.
Ivan Galbraith & Tom Osborn have
got their commissions.
Tuesday 1st. June. One leave. Got
to London at 6 PM. No trouble with
seats or porters with arm in sling.
Booked in at Waldorf & went to
Codgers.
Wednesday 2. The whole crew arrived
& I took a room with Camp at
the Strand Palace.
Thursday 3. Struck Hilde Marchant of the
Daily Mirror at 'El Vinos' and did a
club crawl with her.
Friday 4. Fine watching at the Temple
with Camp & Spud Murphy. Met
Ann Matheson for a beer.
Saturday 5. Quiet day at the pictures
Sunday 6. Another quiet day with lots
of walks & food & picture shows.
Monday 7. Met Hilde again with
Alec Abbey. Did a crawl. Late in
evening an air alert & had great fun
with the people coming down to the
lounge in pyjamas.
Tuesday 8. Went to press pre-view
of 'Col Blimp'. Darn good. Hilde got
a terrific hangover. Stayed with
Abbey till train time at 11.15.
Wednesday 9. Back at 8.30. Two new
crews as raw as carrots. Ops scrubbed
at 10.PM.
Thursday 10. Stand. Down. Formation flying
in afternoon. Went by bus to Grimsby
& struck 'Count' Doleman, now a P/O
& doing an A.G.I. course at Mamby.
He has a guards moustache & takes
snuff, but all in fun.
Friday 11. Ops. again 21 on and one missing
Saturday 12. Ops on. Two crews missing
Hadley & Skippy Horne & Bennet from
the mess. No more "4p a pound peas?"
Copes crew got an incendary from
one of our own Kites & Hugh Gordon
put the fire out.
Monday 14. Went in for another
xray. Grimsby was raided last
night. very lightly. The people look
very tired. Wonder how they feel in
the Ruhr. Ops again. 23 on and
3 crews missing. Not so good.
Thursday 13. Bulls eye exercise. A
bus ran to Cleethorpes. Man Keddie &
Man friend have been given DFC's.
Thursday 17. It was announced to-day
that 9 gongs had been given to 1060
this week. Good show. The boys earn them.
Friday 18. Frank Arthur, Ern Coppin, Tommy
Liddle, & self drove in "F for Frippet"
to Holbeck Manor. Lovely place with
an artificial lake full of fat trout.
Mrs Green turned on eggs & strawberries
& cream & we had a fine time.
Ran out of gas on way home. A
farmer fixed us up with more than
we had when we started.
Saturday 19. Went thru Stalinborough
with Gwynne Thomas to the Green
man's. Got on well with opera
singer Joyce Ash.
Sunday 20. Ops. running in Gromel.
Giles finishes his tour.
MacLaughlan has been posted to Lindholme
& MacWilliams is taking his place.
Monday 21. Ops. Kreffelt. 1 crew missing.
To. date we have dropped (on this squadron)
3000 tons of bombs, made 1477 sorties
and lost 61 aircraft.
Tuesday 22. Camp has been posted to
Lindholme. Have to get another
skipper. Had another Ct. martial to-day
for AC11 Lee. I defended him on a similar
charge at Breighton & since he only got
26 days detention that time thought he
would go AWL again. Think theyll throw
the book at him this time.
Wednesday 23. Stand down. Drove with
Arthur to Louth & got some tomatoes
& mushrooms.
Thursday 24. Fighter affiliation in morning.
Baron Keys came over in the afternoon
and seemed quite happy at Lichfield.
Ops were on and Wuppertal the target.
Stookes crew did not return.
Friday 25. Ops again. P/O Naylor shot
the following line. when asking
what was doing was told that he
was on another Ruhr bash. He
said "Im sick of that bloody place.'
He made his first trip there
last night.
Saturday 26. Stand-down. Bulls eye
exercise. 3 on. Sgts mess party.
Cappi got tangled up with Sparrier
& was in good voice.
Sunday 27. 3 crews on gardening
all returned safely.
Monday 28. Ops again. 17 crews on.
All came back. The country
round Tielby is very beautiful.
Tennysons brook runs thru the
village.
Tuesday 29. Dr Evatt visited the Squadron
with A.V.M. Wrigley.
[*19th July*] 24 aircraft from Squadron attacked Hamburg, and from
reports raid was very concentrated. More searchlights were
reported than before and these appeared to line the route
in leaving the actual path itself in darkness, flak was being
pumped up in the searchlight zones. Pilots stated they saw
many fighters milling in the dark areas.
Unfortunately the Squadron lost two aircraft on this do
Fl/Sgt Huberman DFM and F/O Johnson being the captains.
Fl/Sgt Huberman & his crew had been through many shaky does
together as they almost invariably seemed to be shot up
and he & his navigator F/O Anderson had both received
decorations for bringing their aircraft back under difficulties
on a previous occasion.
F/O Johnson's crew contained a number of old identities
of the Squadron including Cliff ORiordan. Cliff had
been in the Squadron since August 1942. doing his first tour
and had been regarded as one of the Squadron fixtures. He
had acted as defending officer to most of the Court Martials
in the Group and had the record at of getting the majority
of his clients off. He was a K.C. from Sydney and had
defended many cases there. He gave his age as 34 but
most people placed him as being some ten years older and
were probably right. As one of the oldest members of
the Squadron he had been compiling the Squadron history.
He will be sadly missed by everyone in the group and
it is hoped that he will be found to be a prisoner of war.
[*30th July*] 24 aircraft detailed for operations but this was finally cut
down to six. It must have been the Squadron's unlucky
night for of the six three returned early. The remaining
three attacked Remschield and reported good results
As the weather had been so fine, quite a lot of tennis
had been played during the last week. The chaps We had been
going after tea down to a little place called Swinhope about half
a mile from the camp in particularly beautiful surroundings there
are trees almost entirely enclosing the lawn court making an excellent
buttress against the wind, and on one t side the lawns slope gently
down to a little stream. It is a wonderfully peaceful spot and
an evenings tennis there with supper of tomato sandwiches and
something to drink completely takes our minds off the rush and
worry of the station. The tennis was all of good standard
but Geoffry Lane, Ern Cappi, and Rob Henderson shone out.
[*31 July*] Only local flying during the day as the 23 aircraft
detailed for operations were cancelled before takeoff.
Wing Commander Martin YFC was awarded the DSO
and Flight Sergeant Lawrence also received an immediate award
of the DFM.
[*1st August*] As the Squadron had been on standby the night before
it was stood down on the Sunday. It was a good day so
in the afternoon a cricket match was played between the
Officers and the Sergeants, which the Sergeants were able to win
More tennis was played again that evening.
[*2nd August*] Another perfect day and the Squadron put 25 ^24 aircraft
on for another go at Hamburg. However by night the
weather had changed to thundery and stormy. One
[*(F/Sgt Magnus)*] aircraft took off with one aircraft ^engine giving engine trouble and
caused some consternation by f flying low over the mess
with one engine spluttering and a full low load of bombs
on board. They managed to get some height and went
out to sea to jettison their bombs. This they did off
Mablethorpe and were very surprised to find flak coming up at
them after the bombs had gone. It appeared that they had
misjudged their distance from the coast and so dropped their
bombs in the middle of a coastal convoy. They finally
convinced the convoy that they were friendly, but it is
understood that a Halifax was shot down during the mix up.
It is not known if any ships were damaged. Conditions
on way to target were bad, however all 23 of our aircraft
bombed target. The best in group as most of the other
squadrons struck trouble with the electrical storm and a lot
never got there. Understand this Base, consisting
of the three Squadrons, Binbrook, Grimsby & Wichenby
have dropped one tenth of the total weight of bombs on
Hamburg. We must be pretty high in the Base as we
usually have more aircraft on than the other two Squadrons.
[*3rd August*] the Squadron had another standdown. More tennis
played that evening.
[*4th August*] Weather rather poor. Eleven aircraft detailed for
operations with maximum petrol load and to be experienced
crews. Must be an important long stooge. However the
operation was cancelled due to bad weather.
[*5th August*] Aircraft still standing by for long stooge, numbers cut down
to nine. They seem determined to give it a bash. Again
cancelled due to weather.
[*6th August*] Same aircraft still on and again cancelled. The chaps
are getting restless at not being able to get away.
[*7th August*] Seventeen aircraft now on and the target is Turin. They
had been waiting for days to have a go at it. Reported
as a very good do. All aircraft bombed the target and
returned safely. Very little flak and the searchlights
were hopeless. P.F.F. Mosquito dropped its flares
then stood outside calling up the aircraft on R/T and
telling them where to bomb. The rest of the Squadron
are all hoping that Italy wont give in before they have
had a chance to go there too.
[*8th August*] A well earned standdown and in the afternoon most of
the Squadron went to Grimsby to see a cricket match
on the town oval between a representative Australian
team from the Squadron and a Grimsby district
eleven. As it was an afternoon match each side was
limited to two hours batting each and Grimsby
batted first. They were very slow against our bowling
and in the first hour and a half had put on only eighty
runs. Rain set in then and at five the game had to
stop partly because of the rain and partly for tea.
After tea they continued for several overs but the rain finally
stopped the play. Grimsby were then 120. If possible
the match will be played at a later date.
Our team consisted of Fl/Lt Henderson Fl/Lt Morey
Fl/o Cameron (Captain). Sgt English. Sgt Owen. Sgt Rodda
Cpl Yeates, Cpl Duggan Cpl Dorrian, wtc Coop, wtc Newburn
Everyone then went into Grimsby and it either went to the
pictures or did a pub crawl.
[*9th August*] All the would be bashers of Italy were rather disappointed
when they found that today's target was Mannheim. It
was another large effort as we put 24 aircraft on. All
our aircraft successfully bombed the target and reported that
it had been a good show.
[*10th August*] This time it was a large scale effort against Nuremburg and
we had 25 aircraft on. It was Cappy Lane's final
trip of his second tour and he is now permanent (?)
Officer in Charge Night flying until his posting comes
through. He has done a particularly good tour and well
deserves a rest. S/W Kelaher gave a the Squadron
rather a worrying time by landing at Tangmere on his return
and he was reported as missing for some hours. When he
returned late in the day he found that the parachute
section had written his crew off.
[*11th August*] Today was a standdown, but everyone was so done
up after the previous two ops that it was mainly spent
laying around and most of the chaps stayed home for
a session in the mess. Ken Baird (S/W) D.C A Feb)
Stan Morey (Nav Leader) and Tommy Liddle have all
got the DFC. They were all well earned and both
Ken Baird and Tommy Liddle had done a tour in
the Middle East. Dickie Speare who was
O.C. C Flight and is now a Wing Commander
[*14M.
15M.
24 Peenemunde 17
9 Eave 26.
22. 21 Leverkusen*]
and Eddie Hudson both got Bars to their DFC's.
[*12th August*] Everyone has their wish and we are again on Italy
tonight. This time it is Milan and we have 25 aircraft
on. Tonight we cebe celebrate our thousandth successful
operational sortie in Lancasters. We did our first sortie
in Lancasters on the 22nd November 1942. against Stuttgart
and in the period of operating have lost only 38 39.
Lancasters on operations. During that time we have been
through the Battles of the Ruhr, Hamburg, Berlin and
have done many raids on Italy. Our thousand successful
sorties a include only those which we know to have bombed
their objective. Up until the 18th August 1943 we
have now dropped 4017 tons of bombs on enemy territory
It has been estimated that each crew which completes a
tour of 30 operations will have dropped 100 tons of
bombs in that time.
[*13th August*]
Fl/Sgt Ries struck trouble this night. On the outward journey
when near Lisieux the midupper turret became unserviceable
but they decided to carry on despite bright moon conditions.
Then when over Berneuil the Starboard outer engine
began to emit sparks and became overheated. The engine
was feathered and they carried on. However when over
Bourg the Starboard Inner Engine began messing then
picked up again. As this engine lacked power it was
decided to use both starboard engines and by careful nursing
the Alps were crossed through St Bernard's Pass with
Mont Blanc towering on the port side. The target was
successfully reached, bombed and photographed and
the aircraft returned by the same route. The starboard
motors shook the aircraft badly and the outer motor
finally had to be feathered when crossing the French coast.
[*13th August*] today was a standdown after the long trip the night before
and everyone relaxed.
[*14th August*] On the job again and once more to Milan. This time only
eleven aircraft detailed so some of the more experienced
crews went.
[*15th August*] Milan again with another small force f of but this
time the pilots who were not on the night before were sent.
If they were to operate us at half strength like this we
could go on indefinitely until the ground crew cracked
[*16th August*] It appears we are not to go on indefinitely as we have a
standdown today much to the relief of the groundcrew.
We are all hoping that we can get a standdown for
tomorrow night for the party to celebrate our thousandth
raid with Lancasters. Fl/Lt Les Tait and F/O Tommy
Liddle are flat out with their preparations for it and it
should be a good do.
[*17th August*] To everyone's dismay we learnt today that we are on tonight
so the party will be off. It is a major effort against
Peenemunde and we have 24 aircraft on. There was
great disappointment at the party being cancelled as
a number of old members of the Squadron came over
from neighboring units to attend only to find it was all
off. However the raid on Peenemunde turned out to
be a very good show and everyone was happy.
[*18th August*] A Group standdown and our party at Cleethorpes
is on. Unfortunately the BBC. couldnt attend as was
originally arranged but we had quite a number of
reporters to write it x up. It was held on the Pier
at Cleethorpes and buses were run from the aerodrome
to Cleethorpes. Almost a thousand must have attended
and it seemed to have been a very good show. It
[*23 Berlin 25 1 miss
27 Nuren 21 31 Berlin 22 1 miss
30 Munich 23*]
t was paid for almost entirely by the aircrew and was
given as a gesture to the ground crew. F F/O Vic Watts
did some very good decorations for it and it went with
quite a swing.
[*19th August*] A case of the morning after the night before. However
everyone seemed to be up bright and early possibly because
they hadn't been to bed. Warrant Officer Mackie stayed
at Cleethorpes to clean up after the party and was met by
quite a deputation of pub owners complaining bitterly that
our chaps had removed the glasses from their hotels for
our party F He managed to quieten them down, but
I think it will be a while before we can have another
party there. S/Ldr Ken Baird, F/LT Cappy Lane
and F/O Tommy Liddle with Section Officer Plunkett
all went over on leave to visit her wild Ireland.
It was "end of tour" leave for them and Section Officer
Plunkett showed them the sights. They were all
complaining that as they would have to wear civvies
they wouldn't be able to shoot a line horrible line of
"when I was on ops."
Whe We had nineteen 26 aircraft on but it was
cancelled t due to weather.
[*20th August*]. Standdown again today with rather bad weather
still around.
[*21st August*] Yet another standdown. Cpl Yeates our star
cricketer has been chosen to play for the Dominions in
a two day match against the RAF at Blackpool.
This is the second big match he has had lately as
last weekend he played for the RAAF against New
Zealand in London. We are hoping he will get
a game at Lords.
[*22nd August*] We have a target for tonight. It is Leverkusen
and we have 21 aircraft on. It is a chemical town
and from all reports we wont have to visit it again.
We continued our good run ha and so far havent
lost an aircraft this month.
Unfortunately the cricket match against Grimsby ^was continued today but
with Cpl Yeates away and the majority of the chaps
on duty because of operations we were only able to
field a weak team and were rather easily beaten.
[*23rd August*] We have switched the attack back to Berlin for the first
time since March. We put a full 25 on and we had
our first loss for the month tonight. P/O Hocking who
had only just been commissioned was the captain.
There appeared to be hundreds of fighters on the job and we
were indeed lucky to only lose one out of a total of 58.
Everyone reported it as a good show but unfortunately
later information has shown that the raid was concentrated
south of the target.
[*24th August*] A stand down after last nights show. Everyone just
resting up.
[*25th August*] The weather has been bad so we a have another standdown.
but because of the weather we haven't been able to do much
more than local flying.
[*26th August*] Another standdown. Fl/Lt Greenacre went in a Lancaster
to Holyhead to pick up S/L Baird and party and bogged
on arrival.
[*27th August*] A Wellington had to go and pick S/L Baird up and
take tools to extricate the Lancaster from the mud.
[*27th August*] We are on again with 21 aircraft to Nuremburg.
F/LT Greenacre just got back from Holyhead too late
for operation.
[*28th August*]
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