No 1651 conversion unit - battle order - July 28 1942

No 1651 conversion unit - battle order - July 28 1942

List 12 crews including F/Sgt Mackie for operations on 28 July 1942. Bomb load 15 x 500lb, briefing at 20.00 hours. Annotates by crosses and ticks: failed to return, returned early and failed to take off.

1942-07-28

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[underlined]No. 1651 CONVERSION UNIT – BATTLE ORDER – JULY 28TH, 1942[/underlined]

A/C CAPTAIN ‘P’ P/O Robertson
2ND PILOT P/O O’Hara
NAVIGATOR P/O Howitt
AIR BOMBER Sgt Coz
WOP/A.G. F/Sgt Griffiths
REAR GUNNER Sgt Young
ENGINEER F/Sgt Prentice
M/U GUNNER Sgt Fuller
STATE Returned early

A/C CAPTAIN ‘T’ P/O Bayley
2ND PILOT Sgt Lovell
NAVIGATOR Sgt Spencer
AIR BOMBER Sgt Wells
WOP/A.G. F/Sgt Glenwright
REAR GUNNER Sgt Kilpatrick
ENGINEER Sgt Alder
M/U GUNNER Sgt Hickman
STATE Failed to return

A/C CAPTAIN ‘U’ P/O Barron
2ND PILOT P/O Thornton
NAVIGATOR P/O Frazer
AIR BOMBER Sgt Clegg
WOP/A.G. Sgt Allen
REAR GUNNER Sgt Ward
ENGINEER Sgt Anslow
M/U GUNNER Sgt Gray
STATE Returned early

A/C CAPTAIN ‘B’ F/Lt Parkins
2ND PILOT P/O Hancock
NAVIGATOR P/O Thomas
AIR BOMBER Sgt Robson
WOP/A.G. Sgt Grant
REAR GUNNER Sgt Silvester
ENGINEER Sgt Coy
M/U GUNNER Sgt O’Shea
STATE Failed to return

A/C CAPTAIN ‘H’ F/Sgt Mackie
2ND PILOT Sgt Perry
NAVIGATOR W/O Fisher
AIR BOMBER Sgt Penkman
WOP/A.G. Sgt Howard
REAR GUNNER Sgt Clarke
ENGINEER Sgt Watson
M/U GUNNER -
STATE Returned early

A/C CAPTAIN ‘L’ F/Sgt Davies
2ND PILOT Sgt Russell Storey
NAVIGATOR P/O Theobald
AIR BOMBER Sgt Wilson
WOP/A.G. Sgt Peters
REAR GUNNER Sgt Harrington
ENGINEER Sgt Borley
M/U GUNNER Sgt Teague
STATE Failed to take off

A/C CAPTAIN ‘G’ P/O McGregor
2ND PILOT F/O Ratcliffe
NAVIGATOR Sgt Cuslway
AIR BOMBER P/O Love
WOP/A.G. Sgt Innes
REAR GUNNER Sgt Kedwell
ENGINEER Sgt Miles
M/U GUNNER Sgt Rooney
STATE Failed to return

A/C CAPTAIN ‘J’ P/O Bird
2ND PILOT P/O Dobson
NAVIGATOR Sgt Possleitner
AIR BOMBER Sgt Whitehead
WOP/A.G. Sgt Banks
REAR GUNNER Sgt Jackson
ENGINEER Sgt Pollitt
M/U GUNNER -
STATE Failed to take off

A/C CAPTAIN ‘Z’ F/Lt Boggis
2ND PILOT F/Sgt Eby
NAVIGATOR Sgt McNeil
AIR BOMBER Sgt Probert
WOP/A.G. Sgt McKay
REAR GUNNER F/Sgt Wilson
ENGINEER Sgt Gunton
M/U GUNNER Sgt Herrity
STATE Returned early

A/C CAPTAIN ‘Q’ P/O Smith
2ND PILOT -
NAVIGATOR P/O Breed
AIR BOMBER Sgt Morrow
WOP/A.G. Sgt Cox
REAR GUNNER Sgt Dufour
ENGINEER Sgt Warren
M/U GUNNER Sgt Aldridge
STATE Failed to return

A/C CAPTAIN ‘W’ P/O Quinn
2ND PILOT -
NAVIGATOR Sgt Richards
AIR BOMBER Sgt Fellows
WOP/A.G. Sgt Credland
REAR GUNNER Sgt Collins
ENGINEER Sgt Lowrie
M/U GUNNER Sgt Margetts
STATE Returned early

A/C CAPTAIN ‘R’ F/Sgt McCausland
2ND PILOT -
NAVIGATOR Sgt Hammond
AIR BOMBER Sgt Nixon
WOP/A.G. Sgt Tree
REAR GUNNER Sgt Egri
ENGINEER Sgt Busby
M/U GUNNER Sgt Foster
STATE Returned early

LOAD: 15 x 500 lbs PETROL: 1819 Galls.
BRIEFING: In the Briefing Room S.H.Q. at 20.00 hours.

[signature]
Flight Lieutenant,
for Wing Commander,
Commanding,
[underlined]No. 1651 Conversion Unit[/underlined]