THE BIG CITY! 15-16 FEB 1944

Map from - The Berlin Raids By Martin Middlebrook

  The crew never got wind of this Ju88 struggling to climb up and attack!

HAMBURG TEST OP

I flew a quick mission to Hamburg using the moon phase and date of 18th March 1944. It was eventful to say the least.

A Bf110 engaged but was driven off damaged - TG becoming a HERO.

Following this the Navigator kept failing his Navigation dr and the a/c wasted a lot of fuel in zone 6.

They managed to bomb on target but after turning a Ju88 got them and badly shot up the pilots compartment - Engineer KIA and Pilot wounded. They both became HEROES though the ENGINEER died almost immediately.

They shook off the Ju88 though with the pilot rising to a 10ML hero.

I should have descended as the heat was out in the pilots compartment but did not and the pilot succumbed to hypothermia!

After a grueling but uneventful flight over the North Sea fuel ran out before reaching base and the TG had to land the plane on an emergency field. He wrote the a/c off and some crew were killed, but 3 survived the mission. Again - should have had the crew bail out and let the a/c crash into the sea.

WHITE SEARCHLIGHTS

I changed the searchlights to white and made them stay under the a/c counters. Here another Lancaster - not our 'star' has been 'coned'.

LATEST SCREENSHOT - LANCASTER EXTENSION

Comments on the 'look' of this very welcome.

NIGHT MISSION EXTENSION

A LANCASTER MAKES ITS WAY THRU FLAK WHILE TRACKED BY SEARCHLIGHTS

OLD CROW LOST RETURNING FROM KASSEL