Overview
Only one operation this week, to Berlin on 29/30 December, with one aircraft lost, 2 crew killed and 5 becoming POW’s. One of the captured aircrew was a United States Army Air Force Technical Sergeant, who was the bomb aimer.
Some of the dangers of flying in close formation at night are revealed in the Station Diary entries below, one Lancaster suffering damage from another aircraft exploding nearby and another having its trailing aerial damaged in a near collision with another Lancaster.
Extract from Station Diary
Extract from 12 Sqn Appendix to Operational Record Book
RAF Wickenby - This week in history - World War 2 