Overview
Aircraft from Wickenby took part in 2 raids during this week, to Augsburg and Stuttgart, with one aircraft and all its crew being lost.
The Augsburg raid was very accurate and more than 2000 tons of bombs were dropped which destroyed the centre of the old town, with about 700 people being killed and 90,000 bombed out. Augsburg had not been attacked before and had very light defenses, which, with the clear weather over the target led to accurate Pathfinder marking.
Extract from Station Diary
Extract from Appendix to 12 Sqn Operational Record Book
RAF Wickenby - This week in history - World War 2 
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Thank you so much, My great-grandfather, George Smith, was part of these missions, I have his log book and his medals and I’ve been trying to piece together what he did, Now this is finally helped it all come together.
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