Donald Cochrane]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jeremy Patton]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Caen]]> France--Calais]]> France--Dieppe]]> France--Evreux]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Mailly-le-Camp]]> France--Maintenon]]> France--Paris]]> France--Rennes]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Friedrichshafen]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> France--Lyon]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Hasselberg (Bavaria)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1944-03-31]]> 1944-05-03]]> 1944-05-04]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-14]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> The second part describes an operation when a great number of aircraft were lost but his aircraft experienced little enemy activity.
After a spell of leave which he thoroughly enjoyed, his next operation was to Cologne. This was followed by a night of free beer in the Sergeant's Mess.
The next operation was to Dusseldorf and there were large numbers of searchlights but they suffered no damage.
The next operation was to Karlsruhe in terrible weather. Ice caused three engines to stop and they could only hold 7000 in the clouds. The warmer air allowed the engines to restart and they managed to bomb successfully and return home.]]>
Donald Cochrane]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> Andy Hamilton]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-03-22]]>