Operations 1944

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1944

The first (and only) full operational year for the squadron. But it left it's mark! The squadron took part in 142 operations involving a total of 1773 aircraft (a cumulative total of 12,411 aircrew). In all 43 aircraft were lost in this year.

1944

Date Target Departed Failed to Return
January 1/2 Berlin 14 1
2/3 Berlin 11  
5/6 Stettin 13  
14/15 Brunswick 15  
20/21 Berlin 14  
21/22 Magdeburg 13  
27/28 Berlin 13  
28/29 Berlin 11 2
30/31 Berlin 10  
       
February 15/16 Berlin 21 2
19/20 Leipzig 17  
20/21 Stuttgart 14 2
24/25 Schweinfurt 16  
25/26 Augsburg 14  
       
March 1/2 Stuttgart 14 1
10/11 Clermont- Ferrand 11  
15/16 Stuttgart 20 2
18/19 Frankfurt 18 1
22/23 Frankfurt 15  
24/25 Berlin 15 3
26/27 Essen 14  
30/31 Muremburg 16 3
       
April 5/6 Toulouse 9  
9/10 Mining 10  
10/11 Tours 17  
11/12 Aachen 6  
18/19 Juvisy 17  
20/21 LaChapelle 15  
22/23 Brunswick 15  
23/24 Mining 2  
24/25 Munich 16 1
26/27 Schweinfurt 15 1
29/30 Clermont- Ferrand 12  
       
May 1/2 Tours 12  
3/4 Mailly-le-Camp 13  
7/8 Tours 13  
9/10 Annecy 10  
11/12 Bourg Leopold 19 2
19/20 Amiens 18  
21/22 Duisburg 5 1
  Stettin    
  Mining 14 1
22/23 Brunswick 16  
24/25 Antwerp 11  
27/28 St Valery-en-Caux 14  
31/1 Mining    
       
June 1/2 Saumur 15  
3/4 Fermes    
4/5 Maisy 17  
5/6 LaPernelle 15  
6/7 Caen 13 1
7/8 Foret de Cerisey 13  
9/10 Etampes 16  
12/13 Caen 15  
14/15 Aunay-sur-Odon 16  
16/17 Beauvoir 19 5
21/22 Wesseling 19  
24/25 Ponnereval 13  
27/28 Mimoyecques 16  
       
July 4/5 St Leu d'Esserant 20 1
7/8 St Leu d'Esserant 17 1
10/11 Mining 3  
12/13 Calmont-    
    Chalindry 11  
14/15 Villeneuve-    
  St Georges 9  
15/16 Nevers 8  
18 Caen 17  
18/19 Revigny 10 4
19 Thivery 9  
     (St Leu D'Esserant)    
20/21 Courlrai 11  
23/24 Kiel 6  
  Mining 3 1
24/25 Stuttgart- 8 1
    St Nazaire 7  
25/26 Stuttgart 12  
26/27 Givors 8  
28/29 Stuttgart 11 1
30 Cahagnes 12  
  Rilly la- Montagnes    
31 Joingy La Roche 9  
       
August 1 Siracourt    
  La Breteque 4  
2 Trossy St-Maximin 12  
3 Trossy St-Maximin 10  
5 St Leu d'Esserant 12  
6 Foret d'lsle Adam    
  Bois de Cassan 6 1
7/8 Sequeville 14  
9/10 Chatellerault 15  
11 Bordeaux 5  
11/12 Givors 10  
12/13 Brunswick 8  
  Falaise 3  
14 Brest 4  
15 Deelen 11  
16/17 Stettin 13 1
18 Foret d'lsleAdam 5 1
  Bordeaux 1  
18/19 Mining    
20/21 Brest    
25/26 Darmstadt 15  
26/27 Konigsburg 14  
29/30 Konigsburg 12  
  Mining 4  
31 Bergueneuse 15  
       
September 2 Brest 11  
3 Ueelen 17  
9/10 Monchen-gladbach 16  
11 Le Havre 11  
11/12 Darmstadt 17  
12/13 Stuttgart 13  
17 Boulogne 17  
18/19 Bremerhaven 16  
19/20 Monchen-gladbach 17  
23/24 Hansdorf/Munster 21  
26/27 Karlsruhe 20  
27/28 Kaiserslkautern 19  
29 Mining    
       
October 5 Wilhelmshaven 21  
6 Bremen 18  
  Mining 3  
7 Flushing 16  
  Mining    
11 Veere    
14/15 Brunswick 20  
15/16 Mining 2  
17 Walcheren 5  
19/20   Nuremburg 20  
23       Flushing 6  
24/25  Mining 4  
28/29   Bergen 19  
30        Walcheren 12  
       
November 1 Hamburg 19  
2/3       Dusseldorf 14  
4/5       Ladbingen 14  
6          Gravenhorst    
11/12   Harburg 17  
  Mining 2  
16       Duren 19  
21/22   Gravenhorst 21  
22/23   Trondheim 12  
26/27   Munich 20  
       
December 4/5      Heilbronn 20  
6/7      Giessen 16  
H          Urftdam 14 1
10 Urftdam    
11 Urftdam 15  
14       Mining 2  
17/18 Munich 17  
  Lutzow    
18/19  Gydnia 13  
  Mining 3  
21/22  Politz 6  
26 St Vith 2  
28/29   Mining 3  
31        Houffalize 12  
  Mining 2 1
       
    142 Operations
    43 Aircraft Losses

 

 

 

 

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