Le Havre
10 Sep 1944 - Vic Grimmett
460 Squadron RAAF

 

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Le Havre, K2, (ND615), 10 Sep 1944, 18:44 hours
10,000 feet, Bomb load: 13 x 1,000, 4 x 500.
Good weather, wizard prang,
Bomb from 8,000 feet, 1,000 aircraft

Le Havre - 992 aircraft - 521 Lancasters, 426 Halifaxes, 45 Mosquitoes - attacked eight different German strong points.  Each target was separately marked by the Pathfinders and the accurately bombed.  No aircraft lost.

 

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