Page 9 - William Johnston

The X indicates the approximate position in the bay of Danzig (now Gdansk in
Poland) where William dropped his sea mines on the evening of the 9/10 April
th
1944.William dropped his sea mines known as "Vegetablesʺ by the RAF at 01.38
am. The bomb load on the 12 Squadron Lancaster ND 679 F-Freddie that night
consisted of 5 sea mines, one with a delayed 40 day fuse. This mine having settled
on the sea bed would be set to rise to its specified depth at that time.