Page 12 - John George Blair

This, the crews first Main Force operation to the Bourg-Leopold military Barracks in
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Belgium on the evening of 11 /12 May 1944. The crews Lancaster ME782 carried
a full war load of 1 x 4,000 lb high capacity bomb known as a ̔Cookie̕ and 16 x 500 lb
medium capacity bombs.