George Holmes sortie record sheet 9 and 50 Squadrons

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George Holmes sortie record sheet 9 and 50 Squadrons

Description

A Sortie Record Sheet dated from 3 June 1944 to 14 August 1944. Relating to Pilot Officer George Holmes’ service as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner with 9 and 50 Squadrons. The sheet records 15 operations, seven with 9 Squadron, and the other eight with 50 Squadron. All of the operations are recorded as being on Lancaster Mk 3s.

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Two page form document filled in

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OHolmesGH187788-161021-01

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[underlined] SORTIE RECORD SHEET [/underlined]
Number 187788 Rank P/O Name HOLMES Aircrew Category WOP/AIR.
PRESENT GROUP NUMBER 5 SQUADRON 83 POSTED IN w.e.f. 2.4.44
[underlined] PREVIOUS RECORD [/underlined]
[underlined] TOUR No. [/underlined] 1. [underlined] IN GROUP NUMBER [/underlined] 5 [underlined] UNIT OR SQUADRON NUMBER [/underlined] 50

SORTIES COMPLETED [underlined] TYPE OF AIRCRAFT [/underlined]
2nd Pilot 1st Pilot Other categories than Pilot LANC III
[underlined] Date commenced : [/underlined] 3.6.44
[underlined] Date finished : [/underlined]

[underlined] TOUR No. [/underlined] [underlined] IN GROUP NUMBER [/underlined] [underlined] UNIT OR SQUADRON NUMBER [/underlined]

SORTIES COMPLETED [underlined] TYPE OF AIRCRAFT [/underlined]
2nd Pilot 1st Pilot Other categories than Pilot
[underlined] Date commenced : [/underlined]
[underlined] Date finished : [/underlined]
[page break]
(*14892-13366) Wt. 18766-Q1152 20M 6/44 T.S. 700
(*15456-13366) Wt. 35557-Q2668 60M 10/44 T.S. 700 [underlined] CURRENT RECORD [/underlined]
TOUR No. IN SQUADRON No.

DATE 1 TYPE OF AIRCRAFT 2 AIRCRAFT LETTER 3 SORTIE No. 4 TARGET 5 6 REMARKS, including reasons for :- (i) Failure to complete sortie; (ii) Ceasing to operate in, or leaving, current squadron (e.g. missing, posted, killed, etc.) 7
(1) 3.6.44 (2) LANC III (3) - (4) 1 (5) FERME D’URVILLE (6) C (7) 9 SQDN
(1) 5.6.44 (2) LANC III (3) - (4) 2 (5) ST PIERRE DUMONT (6) C (7) 9 SQDN
(1) 6.6.44 (2) LANC III (3) - (4) 3 (5) ARGENTAN (6) C (7) 9 SQDN
(1) 8.6.44 (2) LANC III (3) - (4) 4 (5) RENNES (6) C (7) 9 SQDN
(1) 10.6.44 (2) LANC III (3) - (4) 5 (5) ORLEANS (6) C (7) 9 SQDN
(1) 21.6.44 (2) LANC III (3) - (4) 6 (5) GELSENKIRCHEN (6) C (7) 9 SQDN
(1) 23.6.44 (2) LANC III (3) - (4) 7 (5) LIMOGES (6) C (7) 50 Sqdn
(1) 29.6.44 (2) LANC III (3) - (4) 8 (5) BEAUVOIR (6) C (7) 50 Sqdn
(1) 23.7.44 (2) LANC III (3) - (4) 9 (5) KIEL (6) C (7) 50 Sqdn
(1) 24.7.44 (2) LANC III (3) - (4) 10 (5) STUTTGART (6) C (7) 50 Sqdn
(1) 30.7.44 (2) LANC III (3) - (4) 11 (5) CAHAGNES (6) C (7) 50 Sqdn
(1) 1.8.44 (2) LANC III (3) - (4) 12 (5) MONT CANDON (6) C (7) 50 Sqdn
(1) 2.8.44 (2) LANC III (3) - (4) 13 (5) BOIS DE CASSON (6) C (7) 50 Sqdn
(1) 5.8.44 (2) LANC III (3) - (4) 14 (5) ST LEU D’ESSERENT (6) C (7) 50 Sqdn
(1) 14.8.44 (2) LANC III (3) - (4) 15 (5) BREST (6) C (7) 50 Sqdn

POSTED FROM THIS SQUADRON ON (Date) TO
If the sheet is completed in respect of a pilot, insert a star in column (4) against sorties as second pilot.
In column (6) insert C if sortie was completed.
NC if sortie was not completed.

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“George Holmes sortie record sheet 9 and 50 Squadrons,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/10640.

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