Squadron: (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1944-07-06
Completion Date: 1944-07-06
Mission: Bombing
Operation: Battle of Normandy
Target City: Biennais France
Target Specific:
Base: Croft
Take Off Time: 01.24
Squadron Code: SE K
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Crash City: Croft
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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6 Bomber Group July 6, 1944
31 Lancaster from 408 and 419 squadrons were joined by 59 Halifaxes from 424, 427, 429, and 433 squadrons on an attack of a V-1 storage site at Siracourt. The crews were over the target at between 12,000 and 13,000feet, releasing 746,000 lbs of high explosives. According to reports, the target was free of cloud and bombing was accurate. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
551 aircraft-314 Halifaxes, 210 Lancasters, 26 Mosquitoes, 1 Mustang- attacked 5 targets. Only I aircraft was lost, a 6 Group Halifax from a raid on Siracourt flying-bomb store. Four of the targets were clear of cloud and were believed to have been bombed accurately but no results were seen at the Foret-de-Croc launching site.
