29 July – 3 August 1944

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Overview

RAF Wickenby aircraft continued to support the Normandy landings and breakout as well as attacking flying bomb sites and a single operation to Stuttgart during this week. 3 aircraft were lost, with 21 aircrew killed and one becoming a POW.

It is also worth noting the rather pithy comments, at the start of the August Station Diary, about aircraft bombing from whatever height they wanted and some gunners having sensitive trigger fingers!

Extract from Station Diary

Sgt Keith Eddie, aged 20, the son of James & Jean Eddie of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. He was the mid-upper gunner in the aircraft flown by FS Ryan which was lost, with all the crew, during the attack on Stuttgart on the night of 28/29 July 1944.

Extract from Appendix to 12 Sqn Operational Record Book

Extract from 626 Sqn Appendix to Operational Record Book

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