RAF Middleton St George, these are the movements (known) flown on missions during the war, the reports are taken from official sources so we can't take into account typing errors reporting wrong aircraft (we have corrected some) and missing missions. Where there are no notes against a flight they are assumed to have bombed the target (or what they thought was the target).

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1942

January

Date Regn. A/C Type From / Mission ETA ETD To / Mission Notes
07 Jan L9611 Halifax MK II St Nazaire Docks 2337 1702 St Nazaire Docks (76 Sqn) 
  L9608 Halifax MK I St Nazaire Docks 2323 1705 St Nazaire Docks (76 Sqn) 
  L9609 Halifax MK II St Nazaire Docks 2359 1717 St Nazaire Docks (76 Sqn) 
09 Jan L9583 Halifax MK I     1012 Brest (76 Sqn) 
10 Jan L9583 Halifax MK I Brest  0429     (76 Sqn) 
30 Jan L9617 Halifax MK II     0204 Lossiemouth (76 Sqn) This mission to bomb the Battlecruiser "Tirpitz" was flownout / in from Lossimouth, it
  L9601 Halifax MK I     0212 Lossiemouth was in the Triendheim Fjord. Due to full cloud cover the attack was not made with most bombs
  L9561 Halifax MK I     0221 Lossiemouth Jettisoned in the sea.
  L9???/Q Halifax MK I     0217 Lossiemouth (76 Sqn) - Port engine failed on return crashed in the sea 3m off Aberdeen, crew all saved
  L9609 Halifax MK II     0227 Lossiemouth (76 Sqn)
 
FEBRUARY
Date Regn. A/C Type From / Mission ETA ETD To / Mission Notes
11 Feb R9373 Halifax MK II     1801 Mannheim (76 Sqn)
  L9617 Halifax MK II     1807 Mannheim (76 Sqn)
  V9980 Halifax MK II     1808 Mannheim (76 Sqn)
  R9391 Halifax MK II     1810 (Mannheim) (76 Sqn) - Failed to find primary target
  L9583 Halifax MK I     1813 Mannheim (76 Sqn)
  L9620 Halifax MK II     1835 Mannheim (76 Sqn)
12 Feb L9617 Halifax MK II Mannheim 0115     (76 Sqn)
  L9620 Halifax MK II Mannheim 0129     (76 Sqn)
  V9980 Halifax MK II Mannheim 0135     (76 Sqn)
  L9583 Halifax MK I Mannheim 0140     (76 Sqn)
  R9391 Halifax MK II Ludwigshaven 0148     (76 Sqn)
  R9373 Halifax MK II Mannheim 0155     (76 Sqn)
  R9386 Halifax MK II Scharnhorst/Eugen 1757 1512 Scharnhorst/Eugen (76 Sqn) - Attack not made due to late arrival over target, bombs brought back
  R9391 Halifax MK II Scharnhorst/Eugen 1935 1653 Scharnhorst/Eugen (76 Sqn) - Did not locate the target bombs jettisoned in the sea
13 Feb L9386 Halifax MK II Cologne 0806 0210 Cologne (76 Sqn)
  L9601 Halifax MK I Cologne 0854 0227 Cologne (76 Sqn)
  R9373 Halifax MK II Cologne 0814 0235 Cologne (76 Sqn)
  L9620 Halifax MK II Cologne 0800 0241 Cologne (76 Sqn)
22 Feb R9620 Halifax MK II (Lista)   (0400) (Lista) (76 Sqn) - Aircraft did not depart
  R9373 Halifax MK II (Lista)   (0400) (Lista) (76 Sqn) - Aircraft did not depart due crew shortage
  V9980 Halifax MK II Lista 0943 0411 Lista (76 Sqn) - Took off during heavy fall of snow, solid cloud all the way until the Norwegian coast, runway bombed from 11,000ft at 0653
  R9386 Halifax MK II Lista 0821 0423 Lista (76 Sqn) - Aircraft suffered boost problems and would not make the target until after daylight so mission aborted, bombs dumped in the sea aircraft returned home.
  R9420 Halifax MK II Lista 0913 0438 Lista (76 Sqn) - same weather as above, this aircraft dropped bonbs at 3,000ft at 0648, front & rear gunners shot up the aerodrome as they went over.
MARCH
Date Regn. A/C Type From / Mission ETA ETD To / Mission Notes
03 Mar R9487 Halifax MK II Paris 2240 1737 Paris (76 Sqn) - Attack on the Renault works, Billancourt, Paris, said to be highly succesfully even though the crews said the Paris blackout was very good.
  R9447 Halifax MK II     1735 Paris (76 Sqn)
  L9620 Halifax MK II Paris   2302 Paris (76 Sqn)
04 Mar R9447 Halifax MK II Paris 0029     (76 Sqn)
12 Mar V4139 Airspeed Oxford I         (1516 BAT Flight) - Forced landing at "Goosepool Farm, Middleton-St-George due engine failure
28 Mar Z1274 Wellington Mk IV     2139 Lubeck (420 Sqn) - c/r 29/03/42
29 Mar X3814 Wellington Mk III     1933 Bochum (420 Sqn) - c/r east of Dusseldorf 30/03/42
30 Mar R9447 Halifax MK II     (1030) Tain (76 Sqn) - Ten aircraft and two spares all flew this mission to bomb the Tirpitz ino Aas Fjord 
  W1018 Halifax MK II     (1030) Tain (76 Sqn) - from Tain in Scotland between 1800 - 1830, secondary  targets were "Admiral Schoer"  
  R9485 Halifax MK II     (1030) Tain (76 Sqn) - and "Prinz Eugen". They crossed the sea no higher than 1,000ft, then climbed to 
  R9482 Halifax MK II     (1030) Tain (76 Sqn) - 6,000ft nr the coast, the target was covered in fog and nothing seen, bombs were
  R9456 Halifax MK II     (1030) Tain (76 Sqn) - dropped in the area after holding in the area as long as fuel would allow
  R9455 Halifax MK II     (1030) Tain (76 Sqn) - Aircraft returned very low on fuel some as low as 18 gallons
  R9457 Halifax MK II     (1030) Tain (76 Sqn)
  R9453 Halifax MK II     (1030) Tain (76 Sqn) - Aircraft received a fix at 0210 but 14 group reported it had passed over Sumburgh and made a forced landing in the sea 17 miles from the coast. Despite 20 aircraft and two destroyers searching, nothing was found of thea ircraft & crew
  R9452 Halifax MK II     (1030) Tain (76 Sqn)
  R9484 Halifax MK II     (1030) Tain (76 Sqn)
  R9454 Halifax MK II     (1030) Tain (76 Sqn)
  R9487 Halifax MK II     (1030) Tain (76 Sqn)
31 Mar R9447 Halifax MK II Tain       (76 Sqn)
  W1018 Halifax MK II Tain       (76 Sqn)
  R9485 Halifax MK II Tain       (76 Sqn)
  R9482 Halifax MK II Lossiemouth       (76 Sqn) - Inbound flight routed via Lossiemouth
  R9456 Halifax MK II Tain       (76 Sqn)
  R9455 Halifax MK II Tain       (76 Sqn)
  R9457 Halifax MK II Wick       (76 Sqn) - Inbound flight routed via Wick
  R9452 Halifax MK II Tain       (76 Sqn)
  R9484 Halifax MK II Tain       (76 Sqn)
  R9454 Halifax MK II Tain       (76 Sqn)
  R9487 Halifax MK II Tain       (76 Sqn)
APRIL
Date Regn. A/C Type From / Mission ETA ETD To / Mission Notes
09 Apr R9457 Halifax Mk II     2154 Hamburg (76 Sqn)
  R9456 Halifax Mk II     2156 Hamburg (76 Sqn)
  R9485 Halifax Mk II     2158 Hamburg (76 Sqn)
  R9484 Halifax Mk II     2200 Hamburg (76 Sqn)
  R9447 Halifax Mk II     2204 Hamburg (76 Sqn)
  R9451 Halifax Mk II     2206 Hamburg (76 Sqn)
10 Apr R9451 Halifax Mk II Hamburg 0308     (76 Sqn)
  R9484 Halifax Mk II Hamburg 0340     (76 Sqn)
  R9447 Halifax Mk II Hamburg 0352     (76 Sqn)
  R9456 Halifax Mk II Hamburg 0412     (76 Sqn)
  R9457 Halifax Mk II Hamburg 0419     (76 Sqn)
  R9485 Halifax Mk II Hamburg 0440     (76 Sqn)
  R9487 Halifax Mk II     2005 Le Havre (76 Sqn)
  W1018 Halifax Mk II     2009 Le Havre (76 Sqn)
  W1036 Halifax Mk II     2022 Le Havre (76 Sqn)
  R9484 Halifax Mk II     2102 Essen (76 Sqn) - Crashed 3 miles N of Recklinghausen
  R9451 Halifax Mk II     2122 (Essen) (76 Sqn)
  W1017 Halifax Mk II     2132 Essen (76 Sqn)
  R9452 Halifax Mk II     2139 Essen (76 Sqn)
  R9457 Halifax Mk II     2146 Essen (76 Sqn) - This was the first in which a "two by four" was dropped on Germany (by this aircraft), it landed at Docking on return due to starboard engine u/s and a crew member injured by shrapnel
11 Apr W1036 Halifax Mk II Le Havre 0114     (76 Sqn)
  R9487 Halifax Mk II Le Havre 0119     (76 Sqn)
  W1018 Halifax Mk II Le Havre 0137     (76 Sqn)
  R9451 Halifax Mk II (Essen) 0205     (76 Sqn) - Target not reached due intercom failure
  R9452 Halifax Mk II Essen 0315     (76 Sqn) - returned full full bomb load as they all hung up
  W1017 Halifax Mk II Essen 0335     (76 Sqn)
12 Apr R9451 Halifax Mk II     2149 Essen (76 Sqn)
  R9452 Halifax Mk II     2159 Essen (76 Sqn) - Aircraft collided with a dispersal platform on take-off ripping off the undercarriage, it was flown70 miles out to sea where the bombs were jettisoned at 2305hrs. The crew bailed out nr Driffield and the aircraft crashed 2 miles south of Wold Newton and was burnt out, the crew were all ok, one fractured leg.
  R9487 Halifax Mk II     2200 Essen (76 Sqn) - Hit by flak and crashed 3 miles NNW of Gelsenkirchen
  R9447 Halifax Mk II     2202 Essen (76 Sqn)
  W1017 Halifax Mk II     2205 Essen (76 Sqn) - Inbound flight routed via Leeming
  R9486 Halifax Mk II     2206 Essen (76 Sqn)
13 Apr R9451 Halifax Mk II Essen 0406     (76 Sqn)
  R9486 Halifax Mk II Essen 0424     (76 Sqn)
  R9447 Halifax Mk II Essen 0433     (76 Sqn)
26 Apr W1017 Halifax Mk II     2130 Dunkirk (76 Sqn)
27 Apr W1017 Halifax Mk II Dunkirk 0109     (76 Sqn)
  R9456       2202 Dunkirk (76 Sqn)
  W1017       2205 Dunkirk (76 Sqn) - Shot down by flak near target area
28 Apr R9456   Dunkirk 0154     (76 Sqn) 
MAY
Date Regn. A/C Type From / Mission ETA ETD To / Mission Notes
01 May W1006 Halifax Mk II     1115 Croft (78 Sqn) - returned following loan to 76 Sqn
  W1013 Halifax Mk II     1430 Croft (78 Sqn) - returned following loan to 76 Sqn
02 May W1065 Halifax Mk II Local flight (1120) (1100) Local flight (76 Sqn) - Air test
03 May W1036 Halifax Mk II     2244 Hamburg (76 Sqn) 
  ? Halifax Mk II     2251 Hamburg (76 Sqn) 
  R9447 Halifax Mk II     2253 Hamburg (76 Sqn) 
  R9451 Halifax Mk II     2255 Hamburg (76 Sqn) - Crashed near target at Ottensen
  R9456 Halifax Mk II     2300 Hamburg (76 Sqn) 
  W7655 Halifax Mk II     2303 Hamburg (76 Sqn) 
  R9482 Halifax Mk II     2303 Hamburg (76 Sqn) 
04 May R9447 Halifax Mk II Hamburg 0456     (76 Sqn) 
  R9482 Halifax Mk II Hamburg 0501     (76 Sqn) 
  W7655 Halifax Mk II Hamburg 0507     (76 Sqn) 
  ? Halifax Mk II Hamburg 0512     (76 Sqn) 
  W1036 Halifax Mk II Hamburg 0516     (76 Sqn) 
  R9456 Halifax Mk II Hamburg 0531     (76 Sqn) 
05 May W1065 Halifax Mk II     2132 Nantes Docks (76 Sqn) - Target not identified due cloud, bombs jettisoned in the sea
  W1016 Halifax Mk II     2150 Stuttgart Docks (76 Sqn) 
  R9454 Halifax Mk II     2155 Stuttgart Docks (76 Sqn) 
  R9456 Halifax Mk II     2157 Stuttgart Docks (76 Sqn) 
  W7655 Halifax Mk II     2158 Stuttgart Docks (76 Sqn) 
  W1036 Halifax Mk II     2203 Stuttgart Docks (76 Sqn) 
06 May W7655 Halifax Mk II Stuttgart Docks 0145     (76 Sqn) - Returned early due port outer engine u/s bombs jettisoned in the sea
  W1065 Halifax Mk II Nantes 0459     (76 Sqn) 
  W1036 Halifax Mk II Stuttgart Docks 0532     (76 Sqn) 
  R9456 Halifax Mk II Stuttgart Docks 0600     (76 Sqn) 
  W1016 Halifax Mk II Stuttgart Docks 0605     (76 Sqn) 
  R9454 Halifax Mk II Stuttgart Docks 0612     (76 Sqn) 
  R9454 Halifax Mk II     2203 (Stuttgart Docks) (76 Sqn) 
07 May R9454 Halifax Mk II Saarbrucken 0436     (76 Sqn) - did not reach target due engine trouble, bombs 1 x 4000lb and 2 x 500lb were dropped on what looked like a factory near Saarbrucken
08 May R9456 Halifax Mk II     2200 Warnemunde (76 Sqn) This was an attack on the Heinkel Works, due to cloud cover no results were seen by the crews, total bomb load was 40 1000lb and 7 500lb
  W1065 Halifax Mk II     2201 Warnemunde (76 Sqn) 
  R9482 Halifax Mk II     2203 Warnemunde (76 Sqn) 
  R9454 Halifax Mk II     2204 Warnemunde (76 Sqn) 
  W1018 Halifax Mk II     2205 Warnemunde (76 Sqn) 
  R9486 Halifax Mk II   2354 2206 Warnemunde (76 Sqn) - Returned with engine failure, bombs jettisoned 75m NE in the sea
  R9447 Halifax Mk II     2207 Warnemunde (76 Sqn) 
  R9455 Halifax Mk II     2214 Warnemunde (76 Sqn) - crashed on return from the target area
09 May W1018 Halifax Mk II Warnemunde 0500     (76 Sqn) 
  R9455 Halifax Mk II Warnemunde 0507     (76 Sqn) 
  R9454 Halifax Mk II Warnemunde 0521     (76 Sqn) 
  R9447 Halifax Mk II Warnemunde 0527     (76 Sqn) 
  R9482 Halifax Mk II Warnemunde 0536     (76 Sqn) 
  W1065 Halifax Mk II Warnemunde 0542     (76 Sqn) 
19 May W1065 Halifax Mk II     2233 Mannheim (76 Sqn) 
  W7660 Halifax Mk II     2235 (Mannheim) (76 Sqn) - Crashed nr Wouwen, Belgiumhaving been shot down by a night fighter
  W1036 Halifax Mk II     2236 Mannheim (76 Sqn) 
  W1018 Halifax Mk II     2238 Mannheim (76 Sqn) 
  R9447 Halifax Mk II     2240 (Mannheim) (76 Sqn) - Had to return early due to an oil leak in an engine, bombs jettisoned over the sea at 0122hrs from 10000ft
  R9486 Halifax Mk II     2242 (Mannheim) (76 Sqn) - Had to return early due to an oil leak in an engine, bombs jettisoned over the sea at 2349hrs from 7000ft
  W7665 Halifax Mk II   2354 2246 (Mannheim) (76 Sqn) - Had to return due top hatch lost on take-off. Bombs were jettisoned 25m East of Whitby at 2310hrs from 3,000ft
20 May R9486 Halifax Mk II (Mannheim) 0119     (76 Sqn) 
  R9447 Halifax Mk II (Mannheim) 0426     (76 Sqn) 
  W1036 Halifax Mk II Mannheim 0527     (76 Sqn) 
  W1018 Halifax Mk II Mannheim 0535     (76 Sqn) 
  W1065 Halifax Mk II Mannheim 0538     (76 Sqn) 
22 May R9455 Halifax Mk II     2338 (St Nazaire) (76 Sqn) - Due to full cloud cover over the target all aircraft jettisoned bombs and returned home
  W1064 Halifax Mk II     2341 (St Nazaire) (76 Sqn) 
  R9454 Halifax Mk II     2343 (St Nazaire) (76 Sqn) 
  W1016 Halifax Mk II     2345 (St Nazaire) (76 Sqn)- An ME109 came in to attack at 0350hrs from starboard but evasive action taken by diving towards the enemy aircraft which banked away passing 30yards above the Halifax.
  W1104 Halifax Mk II     2355 (St Nazaire) (76 Sqn)
23 May W1016 Halifax Mk II (St Nazaire) 0638     (76 Sqn) 
  W1064 Halifax Mk II (St Nazaire) 0642     (76 Sqn) 
  R9455 Halifax Mk II (St Nazaire) 0648     (76 Sqn) 
  W1104 Halifax Mk II (St Nazaire) 0652     (76 Sqn) 
  R9454 Halifax Mk II (St Nazaire) 0657     (76 Sqn) 
29 May W1065 Halifax Mk II     2356 Paris (76 Sqn) - Shot down by flak nr Gennevilliers
  W1064 Halifax Mk II     2358 Paris (76 Sqn) - Attacks were on the Sagnome & Rhone works
  W1018 Halifax Mk II     2359 Paris (76 Sqn) 
30 May R9454 Halifax Mk II Paris 0622 0001 Paris (76 Sqn) 
  W1036 Halifax Mk II Paris 0559 0002 Paris (76 Sqn) 
  W1064 Halifax Mk II Paris 0616 0002 Paris (76 Sqn) 
  W7655 Halifax Mk II Paris 0641 0005 Paris (76 Sqn) 
  R9455 Halifax Mk II Paris 0618 0006 Paris (76 Sqn) 
  W1018 Halifax Mk II Paris 0613     (76 Sqn) 
  L9617 Halifax Mk II     2321 Cologne (76 Sqn) - This is the largest single squadron launch to date from MSG, 21 crews including some 2 from the Conversion flight, joined the 1000 bomber raids over Cologne non of our  aircraft were lost and only two failed due technical problems with over 61,000lb of bombs dropped on the target
  W7672 Halifax Mk II     2322 Cologne (76 Sqn) 
  R9457 Halifax Mk II     2324 Cologne (76 Sqn) 
  W1104 Halifax Mk II     2324 Cologne (76 Sqn) 
  R9455 Halifax Mk II     2325 Cologne (76 Sqn) 
  W7655 Halifax Mk II     2330 Cologne (76 Sqn) 
  R9482 Halifax Mk II     2331 Cologne (76 Sqn) 
  R9485 Halifax Mk II     2333 Cologne (76 Sqn) 
  W1018 Halifax Mk II     2334 Cologne (76 Sqn) 
  R9447 Halifax Mk II     2334 Cologne (76 Sqn) 
  W1035 Halifax Mk II     2336 (Cologne) (76 Sqn) 
  R9454 Halifax Mk II     2337 Cologne (76 Sqn) 
  W1036 Halifax Mk II     2338 Cologne (76 Sqn) 
  R9366 Halifax Mk II     2339 (Cologne) (76 Sqn) 
  W7664 Halifax Mk II     2343 Cologne (76 Sqn) 
  R9365 Halifax Mk II     2345 Cologne (76 Sqn) 
  W9665 Halifax Mk II     2346 Cologne (76 Sqn) 
  R9387 Halifax Mk II     2349 Cologne (76 Sqn) 
  W1016 Halifax Mk II     2350 Cologne (76 Sqn) 
  L9574 Halifax Mk II     2351 Cologne (76 Sqn) 
  R9378 Halifax Mk II     2351 Cologne (76 Sqn) 
31 May R9366 Halifax Mk II (Cologne) 0252     (76 Sqn) - retruned early with oil pressure problems, bombs jettisoned in thes sea
  W1035 Halifax Mk II (Cologne) 0315     (76 Sqn) - Returned early due top hatch flew open and couldn't be closed, bombs jettisoned in the sea
  W7672 Halifax Mk II Cologne 0422     (76 Sqn) 
  L9617 Halifax Mk II Cologne 0431     (76 Sqn) 
  R9455 Halifax Mk II Cologne 0435     (76 Sqn) 
  W7664 Halifax Mk II Cologne 0455     (76 Sqn) 
  R9457 Halifax Mk II Cologne 0500     (76 Sqn) 
  W7655 Halifax Mk II Cologne 0503     (76 Sqn) 
  R9387 Halifax Mk II Cologne 0509     (76 Sqn) 
  R9485 Halifax Mk II Cologne 0517     (76 Sqn) 
  R9454 Halifax Mk II Cologne 0522     (76 Sqn) 
  L9574 Halifax Mk II Cologne 0525     (76 Sqn) 
  R9447 Halifax Mk II Cologne 0525     (76 Sqn) 
  R9378 Halifax Mk II Cologne 0526     (76 Sqn) 
  W1018 Halifax Mk II Cologne 0528     (76 Sqn) 
  W1036 Halifax Mk II Cologne 0532     (76 Sqn) 
  W1016 Halifax Mk II Cologne 0534     (76 Sqn) 
  W1104 Halifax Mk II Cologne 0537     (76 Sqn) 
  R9365 Halifax Mk II Cologne 0540     (76 Sqn) 
  W9665 Halifax Mk II Cologne 0544     (76 Sqn) 
  R9482 Halifax Mk II Cologne 0546     (76 Sqn) 
               
      JUNE 1942 - JULY 1942    
               


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