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Y – Yoke2 Operations

03/12/1944 Urft G D Dam NG273 S/L DJ Masters

06/12/1944 Leuna G N Oil NG273 F/O WS Button

12/12/1944 Essen G N Point of Aim NG273 F/O WS Button

15/12/1944 Ludswighafen/Oppau G N Chemical NG273 F/O WS Button

17/12/1944 Ulm G N Point of Aim NG273 F/L JT Boullier

22/12/1944 Koblenz G N Railway yards NG273 F/L JT Boullier Bad weather at base.
Landed at Manston.

27/12/1944 Rheydt G D Railway yards NG273 F/O WS Button

02/01/1945 Nuremberg G N Point of Aim NG273 F/O HJ Rowe RCAF 2 jet fighters and 1
SE NF sighted

05/01/1945 Royen F N Army support NG273 F/O RC Sowerbutts

14/01/1945 MERSEBURG Leuna G N Oil NG273 F/O WU Holmes

16/01/1945 Zietz G N Oil NG273 F/O WU Holmes

22/01/1945 Duisburg/Hambourn G N Oil NG273 F/O AH De-Mille RCAF

28/01/1945 Stuttgart/ Zuffenhausen G N Aero engine factory NG273 F/O CD Thieme
Combat with jet fighter. Rear gunner opened fire and enemy aircraft replied. Evasive
action taken and EA broke away. Aircraft severely damaged.

21/02/1945 Duisburg G N Point of Aim NG273 F/O G Heywood RCAF Sighted 4 jet
aircraft.

28/02/1945 Neuss G N Army Support NG273 F/O DC Crofts RAAF Raid recalled due to
uncertainty of position of friendly troops. Jettisoned 4,000lb bomb in sea on return.

01/03/1945 Mannheim G D Point of Aim NG273 F/O WU Holmes

02/03/1945 Cologne G D Army support NG273 F/O WU Holmes

05/03/1945 Chemnitz G N Operation Thunderclap NG273 F/O WU Holmes

07/03/1945 Dessau G N Point of Aim NG273 F/L RM Crowther