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21 /22 February 1945 Duisburg Area night bombing. Flight Lieutenant H. Leyton-Brown
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(Sighted 1 single engine night fighter which did not engage).

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23 /24 February 1945 Pforzheim ̶ Night area bombing. Flight Lieutenant H. Leyton-Brown
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(Combat with Twin engine night fighter, Claimed destroyed).

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28 /29 February 1945 Neuss Army Support. Flight Lieutenant H. Leyton-Brown
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(Aircraft recalled due to uncertainty of position friendly troops).

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1 March 1945 Mannheim ̶ Day area bombing. Flight Lieutenant H. Leyton-Brown

2 March 1945 Cologne ̶ Army support. Flight Lieutenant Sleight
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5 /6 March 1945 Chemnitz ̶ (Operation Thunderclap). Flight Lieutenant H. Leyton-Brown

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7 /8 March 1945 Dessau ̶ Night area bombing. Flight Lieutenant H. Leyton-Brown

8 /9 March 1945 Kassel ̶ Night area bombing. Flight Lieutenant H. Leyton-Brown
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11 March 1945 Essen Day area bombing. Flying Officer W.U. Holmes R.C.A.F
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12 March 1945 Dortmund Day area bombing. Flight Lieutenant H. Leyton-Brown
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15 /16 March 1945 Misburg Oil. Flight Lieutenant H. Leyton-Brown (100 operation)
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(Twin engine night fighter sighted 20 yards on port beam but no combat developed. This was the
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36 and final operation for this Crew).

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21 March 1945 Bremen ̶ Oil. Pilot Officer D.K. Sullivan
(Returned to base on 3 engines with oil tank in Starboard inner holed)

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24 March 1945 Dortmund Oil. Flying Officer D.B. Graham
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(Hydraulics out of action and bomb aimer and rear turret Perspex holed. Ran off runway on
landing coming to rest in field. No casualties).

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31 March 1945 Hamburg ̶ Shipyards. Flying Officer D.B. Graham

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4 /5 April 1945 Lutzendorf ̶ Oil. Flying Officer D.B. Graham