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15/16 March, 1944 -STUTTGART:
A large force of 863 bombers flew across France, almost to the
Swiss border before turning north to approach Stuttgart.
High winds over the target caused many problems for the PFF and
despite clear conditions the markers and bombing were well scattered,
much falling in open countryside. In the early hours of Thursday
morning the first returning squadron Lancaster called up 'Passout'
control for permission to land. During the next hour, villagers
throughout Lincolnshire would have their slumber disturbed by
scores of Merlin engines, as hundreds of Lancasters returned
home. Fierce combats with night-fighters around the target had
accounted for many of the 37
bombers that failed to return,
Back at Fiskerton, the new crew of P/O Thomas Waugh was sadly
posted as missing. The 23 year-old pilot and crew are buried
in a collective grave at the Durnbach War Cemetery.
Lancaster ND474 (EA-T)
P/O T.W. Waugh Pilot (Killed)
Sgt R. Hoole
F/E (Killed)
F/S
T.C. McEneaney NAV (Killed)
Sgt W.E.
Hardy WOP (Killed)
Sgt D.B.
Birbeck A/G (Killed)
F/O J.J. Knowles A/B (Killed)
Sgt J.G. Wise A/G (Killed)
Crew on their 1st operation
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