Overview
A busy week for RAF Wickenby – operations were carried out to Dusseldorf, Karlsruhe, Essen and Friedrichshafen, with 4 aircraft lost and 36 aircrew killed. Two aircraft returned damaged by incendiaries dropped from aircraft above them, with one flight engineer being killed and 4 others seriously injured – yet another hazard of flying at night in a large stream of bombers.
Extract from Station Diary
RAF Wickenby - This week in history - World War 2 