104 Squadron operational details for 8 May 1945
Title
104 Squadron operational details for 8 May 1945
Description
Lists crews for A and B flight. Powell is listed in KL359 of A flight. Captioned 'crews detailed for last sortie before the end of WW2. Not considered to be an op. 8th army had outrun supplies. Aircraft landed in fields near Lavariano, N Italy (bloody dicey) approx 8000 lbs freight, approx flying time 2 hrs each way'.
Creator
Date
1945-05-08
Temporal Coverage
Coverage
Language
Type
Format
One sided typewritten document
Publisher
Rights
This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Contributor
Identifier
SPowellNI1896919v10020
Transcription
[inserted] Crews details for last sortie before end of WW2. Not considered to be an ‘op’ 8th army had outrun supplies. Aircraft landed in field near LAVARIANO, N ITALY. (Bloody Dicey) Approx 8000lbs freight approx. flying time 2 hrs each way.
LW [/inserted]
Serial No. 93
No. 104 Squadron R.A.F.
Operational Detail for 8th May, 1945.
[a] Pilot [b] Flt/Eng. [c] Nav. [d] W/Air. [e] A/Bmr. [f] Air Gunners.
[underlined] “A” Flight. [underlined]
B. KL382 [a] Sgt Hitch [b] Sgt Davies [c] Sgt Hughes [d] Sgt Smith [e] F/S Spalding [f] Sgt Jefferson Sgt Smith S
Passenger: LAC Hitch.
D. KL369 [a] Sgt Burns [b] Sgt DeCorte [c] Sgt Holliday [d] Sgt Ralph [symbol] [e] Sgt Carter [f] Sgt Sharp Sgt Davis S
Passenger: LAC Yarrington. [symbol]
E. KL352 [a] F/L Hamersley [b] F/S Willis [symbol] [c] F/S Denton [d] Sgt Chatwood [e] Sgt Brooks [f] Sgt Booth Sgt Winsor S
H. KL374 [a] Sgt Paver [symbol [b] Sgt Edgington [symbol] [c] Sgt Marsh [d] Sgt Leach [symbol] [e] Sgt [deleted] Jolleys [/deleted] [inserted] [indecipherable name] [inserted] [f] [deleted] Sgt Dyson [/deleted] [inserted] [indecipherable name] [/inserted] Sgt Lyne [symbol] S
Passenger: LAC Thompson.
J. KL359 [a] S/L Mason [symbol] [b] Sgt Powell [symbol] [c] Sgt Gretton [d] F/S Flatt [e] Sgt Vickery [f] Sgt Allen F/S Brooks
Passenger: Sgt Hilson.
[underlined] “B” Flight. [/underlined]
T. KH403 [a] P/O Wood [symbol] [b] Sgt Proudlove [symbol] [c] – [d] F/S Taylor [symbol] [e] F/O Saitch [symbol] [f] Sgt Parkinson F/S Jackson S
Passenger: Cpl Radford.
V. KL381 [a] Sgt Beadan [Symbol] [b] F/S McFaddon [Symbol] [c] Sgt Somerfield [Symbol] [d]Sgt Tearle [e] Sgt Lazebnby [Symbol] [f] Sgt Plain [Symbol] Sgt [missing letters]nson S
Passenger LAC Cox.
O. KL360 [a] Sgt Gordon [b] Sgt Railton [c] Sgt Garland [d] Sgt Phillips [e] Sgt Heppenstall [f] Sgt Rush Sgt Davies S
Passenger: LAC Dingwell.
S. KL362 [a] Sgt Allen [b] Sgt Evans [c] F/S Wilson [d] F/S Price [e] Sgt Steele [f] Sgt Brown F/S Wilkinson S
Passenger: LAC Currie.
R. KL575 [a] P/O Holden [symbol [b] F/S Leslie [c] Sgt MacKenzie [d] Sgt Hill [e] Sgt Way [f] Sgt Anderson Sgt Roberts S
Passenger: LAC Walton.
Q. KL388 [a] P/O Knight [symbol] [b] Sgt Davies [symbol] [c] F/S Hoskins [d] P/O McCabe [e] Sgt Calder [f] F/S Gibbs [symbol] Sgt Williams C
Passenger: LAC Carter
[deleted] [indecipherable word] [/deleted]
[Signature]
Wing Commander – Commanding,
[underlined] 104 Squadron, R.A.F., C.M.F. [/underlined]
LW [/inserted]
Serial No. 93
No. 104 Squadron R.A.F.
Operational Detail for 8th May, 1945.
[a] Pilot [b] Flt/Eng. [c] Nav. [d] W/Air. [e] A/Bmr. [f] Air Gunners.
[underlined] “A” Flight. [underlined]
B. KL382 [a] Sgt Hitch [b] Sgt Davies [c] Sgt Hughes [d] Sgt Smith [e] F/S Spalding [f] Sgt Jefferson Sgt Smith S
Passenger: LAC Hitch.
D. KL369 [a] Sgt Burns [b] Sgt DeCorte [c] Sgt Holliday [d] Sgt Ralph [symbol] [e] Sgt Carter [f] Sgt Sharp Sgt Davis S
Passenger: LAC Yarrington. [symbol]
E. KL352 [a] F/L Hamersley [b] F/S Willis [symbol] [c] F/S Denton [d] Sgt Chatwood [e] Sgt Brooks [f] Sgt Booth Sgt Winsor S
H. KL374 [a] Sgt Paver [symbol [b] Sgt Edgington [symbol] [c] Sgt Marsh [d] Sgt Leach [symbol] [e] Sgt [deleted] Jolleys [/deleted] [inserted] [indecipherable name] [inserted] [f] [deleted] Sgt Dyson [/deleted] [inserted] [indecipherable name] [/inserted] Sgt Lyne [symbol] S
Passenger: LAC Thompson.
J. KL359 [a] S/L Mason [symbol] [b] Sgt Powell [symbol] [c] Sgt Gretton [d] F/S Flatt [e] Sgt Vickery [f] Sgt Allen F/S Brooks
Passenger: Sgt Hilson.
[underlined] “B” Flight. [/underlined]
T. KH403 [a] P/O Wood [symbol] [b] Sgt Proudlove [symbol] [c] – [d] F/S Taylor [symbol] [e] F/O Saitch [symbol] [f] Sgt Parkinson F/S Jackson S
Passenger: Cpl Radford.
V. KL381 [a] Sgt Beadan [Symbol] [b] F/S McFaddon [Symbol] [c] Sgt Somerfield [Symbol] [d]Sgt Tearle [e] Sgt Lazebnby [Symbol] [f] Sgt Plain [Symbol] Sgt [missing letters]nson S
Passenger LAC Cox.
O. KL360 [a] Sgt Gordon [b] Sgt Railton [c] Sgt Garland [d] Sgt Phillips [e] Sgt Heppenstall [f] Sgt Rush Sgt Davies S
Passenger: LAC Dingwell.
S. KL362 [a] Sgt Allen [b] Sgt Evans [c] F/S Wilson [d] F/S Price [e] Sgt Steele [f] Sgt Brown F/S Wilkinson S
Passenger: LAC Currie.
R. KL575 [a] P/O Holden [symbol [b] F/S Leslie [c] Sgt MacKenzie [d] Sgt Hill [e] Sgt Way [f] Sgt Anderson Sgt Roberts S
Passenger: LAC Walton.
Q. KL388 [a] P/O Knight [symbol] [b] Sgt Davies [symbol] [c] F/S Hoskins [d] P/O McCabe [e] Sgt Calder [f] F/S Gibbs [symbol] Sgt Williams C
Passenger: LAC Carter
[deleted] [indecipherable word] [/deleted]
[Signature]
Wing Commander – Commanding,
[underlined] 104 Squadron, R.A.F., C.M.F. [/underlined]
Collection
Citation
Officer Commanding 104 Squadron, “104 Squadron operational details for 8 May 1945,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed July 5, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/39483.
Item Relations
This item has no relations.