RAF 166 Squadron

Crew Photographs - Survived

Lancaster Mk III  AS-Q  ME297

Flt. Lt. Noel Appleton DFC & Crew

Appleton & crew

photograph courtesy  IBCC
D N Bain

F/O Douglas Norman Bain

RAAF 408224

Navigator

photograph courtesy  National Archives of Australia
B H Cook

F/Sgt Brian Haney Cook

RAAF 436634

Rear Gunner

photograph courtesy  National Archives of Australia
L to R


W/O Robert Joseph Taylor  RAAF  426706 - Air Bomber

W/O Walter Laurence Ball  RAAF  428109 - Wireless Operator

Sgt James Wilson Lackie  RAF  1825670 - Flight Engineer

F/Lt Noel Appleton  DFC  RAAF  414980 - Pilot

F/O Douglas Norman Bain  RAAF  408224 - Navigator

Sgt Laughton John Denny  RAAF  436514 - Mid Upper Gunner


missing from group photograph

F/Sgt Brian Hanley Cook  RAAF  436634 - Rear Gunner


               
Sorties »   posted in 9th September 1944 Notes:       Notes:
               
23 Sep 1944 ND626  AS-C Neuss   22 Dec 1944 NG183  AS-D Coblienz F/Sgt B H Cook - R/G
25 Sep 1944 PD242  AS-E Calais mission abandoned per Master Bomber 28 Dec 1944 ND506  AS-L2 Mönchen-Gladbach "
26 Sep 1944 NG136  AS-E Calais   31 Dec 1944 ME297  AS-Q Osterfeld "
5 Oct 1944 ND707  AS-D Saarbrücken F/Sgt B H Cook - R/G
F/Sgt L J Denny - MUG		 2 Jan 1945 " Nuremburg "
7 Oct 1944 ND626  AS-D Emmerich " 5 Jan 1945 " Hannover "
11 Oct 1944 ND635  AS-M Fort Frederik Hendrix " 7 Jan 1945 " Munich mission abandoned starboard outer - u/s
14 Oct 1944 ME746  AS-L Duisburg " 14 Jan 1945 " Merseburg Leuna  
19 Oct 1944 ME297  AS-Q Stuttgart " 16 Jan 1945 " Zeitz/Troglitz  
23 Oct 1944 " Essen F/O P G H Tripp - MUG 22 Jan 1945 " Duisburg(Hamborn)  
28 Oct 1944 " Cologne F/Sgt C Brown - MUG 7 Feb 1945 " Kleve  
30 Oct 1944 " Cologne F/Sgt B H Cook - R/G 8 Feb 1945 " Pölitz  
9 Nov 1944 " Wanne-Eickel " 13 Feb 1945 " Dresden  
16 Nov 1944 " Düren " 14 Feb 1945 " Chemnitz  
18 Nov 1944 " Wanne-Eickel " 20 Feb 1945 " Dortmund  
21 Nov 1944 " Aschaffenburg " 21 Feb 1945 " Duisburg  
27 Nov 1944 " Frieburg " 2 Mar 1945 NG255  AS-I Cologne F/Sgt L R Forbes - A/B
Sgt L Robinson - R/G
29 Nov 1944 " Dortmund " 5 Mar 1945 ME297  AS-Q Chemnitz W/O R J Taylor - A/B
P/O G W Appleton - R/G
4 Dec 1944 " Karlsruhe " 7 Mar 1945 " Dessau Sgt F Atkins - R/G
6 Dec 1944 " Merseburg Leuna " 8 Mar 1945 " Kassel Sgt P D Turley - R/G
               

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