Scattered cloud in the
morning and afternoon and later in the afternoon the sky was
totally clouded. The fellows had to scramble out early
this morning for the "do" on at 06:05 hrs. Ten
aircraft led by S/L Norsworthy carried 500 lb. bombs except for
two which provided fighter cover. The bombs dropped on a small
cross road south of Caen, in France, entirely blocked the main
road and the ensuing straffing blitzed several trucks and tanks.
At 10:30 hrs. we had another show on which eight aircraft took
part, led by Winco Hillock and Winco Judd was his No. 2.
Since Judd's machine was
badly hit by flak so that he and Red Flight returned to base
while Blue Flight bombed vehicles south of Caen with 500 lb.
bombs as well as doing some straffing of vehicles, south of
Caen. F/O Brown's aircraft was hit by flak.
To finish off the day in
good fashion we carried out another operation at 16:50 hrs.
Eight aircraft were utilized carrying 500 pounders. They
patrolled an area 15 miles south of Caen during which enemy
vehicles and armoured cars were attacked, some of which were
destroyed. All aircraft returned to base undamaged.
Webmaster's Note: The
541 Form for the month of June 1944 is extremely illegible, and
difficult to read, and may entail a trip to Ottawa to get a
better copy out of the Directorate of History. Hopefully theirs
will more legible.
In the meantime, illegible text is indicated by a
series of question " ? " marks.
| A/C
Type & Number |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
|
?????
JR521
MN574
MN663
MN437
????
????
????
???? |
??????
F/O Smith
F/O Stitt
F/O Brown R.A.
F/O Burgess
S/L Norsworthy
F/O Allen
F/O Hogg
F/O Laycock
|
Dive
Bombing & Straffing
|
06:05 |
07:05 |
|
Details
of Sortie or Flight
The
Squadron of eight aircraft and two fighter cover were briefed
to patrol an area just about 10 to 20 miles south of
Caen. The route to the target we were informed that a
large number of enemy vehicles on ????
specific wood ?????
southwest of Caen, ????
our ????.
Led by S/L Norsworthy they ????
???? 2 x 500 lb
bombs on a small ?????. Our Squadron then
carried out ????
attacks on the vehicles in the ????
- ?????; and
destroying in the neighbourhood of 39 trucks and
tanks. One aircraft piloted by F/O Johns was nicked by
a burst of Ack-Ack fire, but very light damage was
done. All aircraft returned safely.
|
| A/C
Type & Number |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
|
This
Column is illegible |
????
F/O Brown J.
F/O Stelter
F/O Rassenti
W/C Judd
????
F/O Swingler
????
|
Dive
Bombing
|
???? |
???? |
|
Details
of Sortie or Flight
Made
on landfall ???? northeast of Caen, ??????
............??????
in cloud and very dangerous to aircraft. Flak near
Caen airport and the Winco was badly hit by flak and
his section returned to base. The Winco jettisoned his
bombs and other 3 aircraft landed with bombs on. The
other section carried on and made search south of
Caen, bombed and straffed vehicles on road
running south of Caen and returned to base. One
aircraft was hit in the port wing flap. (Bombs 500 lbs
.025 fused)
|
| A/C
Type & Number |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
|
This
Column is illegible |
S/L
Norsworthy
F/O Kalen
F/O Hewson
F/O Stitt
F/L Dadson
F/O Porritt
F/O Burton
?????
F/O Hogg
?????
|
Dive
Bombing
|
16:50 |
18:10 |
|
Details
of Sortie or Flight
Eight
Typhoon bombers and two Typhoon fighters patrolled an
area 35 miles south of Caen. Enemy M.T. vehicles and
motorized cars were sighted. Each flight bombed a separate
road, then carried out a straffing attack. 500 lbs bombs
were used in the initial attack. Four vehicles were
definitely destroyed and two probably. All aircraft
returned safely.
|
Tiger
Squadron