Bomber Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:41:37 +0000 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:41:37 +0000 Whitebeam Battlefield Research Forum http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/forums/bomber.107/ Mon, 11 Nov 2019 15:20:43 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/320-netherlands-squadron-raf.505/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/320-netherlands-squadron-raf.505/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
Currently looking at aerial footage shot on a mission flown by No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron, RAF sometime during June 1944. The invasion stripes are bright and fresh on the unit's B-25 Mitchells, so I assume the date is on or soon after D-Day.

While my interest in the footage was sparked by a scene therein showing a smoking aircraft crash site, I would like to learn more of this Squadron's role...

320 (Netherlands) Squadron, RAF]]> 23 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 07:50:40 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/rn-grumman-avengers-under-raf-control-off-of-normandy.244/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/rn-grumman-avengers-under-raf-control-off-of-normandy.244/ invalid@example.com (allan125) allan125
http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/MEM_Roger_Johnson.htm#.U6AhJiVOVjo

enjoy - and, perhaps, learn something new.

Allan]]> 1 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 23:04:59 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/raf-heavies-lost-over-normandy-ko-t.233/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/raf-heavies-lost-over-normandy-ko-t.233/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
This thread has been opened to facilitate research into the loss of Lancaster III LM533/'KO-T' on the night of June 6th/7th 1944 during a raid on the railway junction and marshaling yard at Lisieux, France.

'KO-T', part of 115 Squadron, 3 Group RAF, was on its second mission in twenty four hours having returned from a raid on a coastal battery at Ouisterham during the night of 5th/6th June as part of the...

RAF 'Heavies' Lost Over Normandy [KO-T]]]> 7 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 23:02:43 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/raf-heavies-lost-over-normandy-of-z.235/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/raf-heavies-lost-over-normandy-of-z.235/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
Wing Commander 'Jimmy' E. J. Carter DFC was one of the most experienced pilots in Bomber Command by June of 1944 and the OC of 97 Squadron, RAF - a designated Pathfinder Force (PFF) 'marker' unit, based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.

Readers will note that there are eight named crew members of OF-Z in the table at the head of this thread, one more that the normal operational crew of seven. The 'extra' was Flying Officer 'Hank' Jeffery DFM who was on-board to handle the H2S...

RAF 'Heavies' Lost Over Normandy [OF-Z]]]> Sun, 01 Jun 2014 14:06:21 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/raf-heavies-lost-over-normandy-index.232/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/raf-heavies-lost-over-normandy-index.232/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
In an effort to learn more of the losses incurred by RAF 'heavies' (four engined bombers) before, during and after D-Day, we are opening this thread to pay tribute to the bravery and sacrifice of the air crews of RAF Bomber Command who did not make it back from the skies over Normandy seventy years ago this year.

The table below shows a brief summary of each aircraft which we have looked at to date and lost during the battle from April to August 1944, when most experts agree...

RAF 'Heavies' Lost Over Normandy [Index]]]>