Overview
Wickenby aircraft attacked Le Havre twice this week along with a minelaying operation and an attack on Frankfurt. One aircraft was lost on the Frankfurt raid, with 5 crew members killed and 3 becoming POW’s, another aircraft crash landed near Wickenby on a training exercise (with several crew members badly injured and the flight engineer killed) which caused all the aircraft on one of the Le Havre raids to divert to RAF Faldingworth, home of a Polish bomber squadron – the humorous results of this diversion are detailed in the Station Diary.
Extract from Station Diary
Extract from 626 Sqn Appendix to Operational Record Book
RAF Wickenby - This week in history - World War 2 