F/L R.G. Crosby F/O W. Anderson F/L J. Carr F/O A.C. McBride Blind Bombing 15:45 17:00 Details of Sortie or Flight This was the first operation carried out with the assistance of radio vectoring and has been termed as "blind bombing". F/L Crosby led the show with 500 lb bombs (.025 tail fused)

F/L Burton W.D. F/O McBride A.C. F/O Smith R.V. F/O Roberts J. F/O Swingler B.P. F/O Cote J.A. F/O Burgess C.L. W/O Gray W.A. F/O Laurence R.H. Armed Recce 16:55 18:20 Details of Sortie or Flight Nine pilots took-off on an Armed Recce, led by F/L Burton. The area to be patrolled was Gorinchem-

F/L Burton W.D. F/O McBride A.C. F/O Henderson A.L. F/O Brown J.A. F/O Stitt J.H. F/O Cote J.A. W/O Gray W.A. F/O Vokey R.W. Armed Recce 16:35 18:00 ' 18:10 ' Details of Sortie or Flight This show was an Armed Recce of the area Cleve-Goch-Geldren with enemy transport playing the part of

Davis W/O S.A. Church F/O J.D. Sweeney F/O L.C. Shaver F/O A.C. McBride F/O W. Anderson F/O W. Kubicki P/O B.E. Bell Dive Bombing ' Fighter Cover ' Dive Bombing 09:55 11:25 Details of Sortie or Flight F/O Laurence led the Squadron, accompanied by two aircraft as fighter cover, deep

F/O Burgess C.L W/O Gray W.A. F/O Stitt J.H. P/O McBride A.C. F/O Rassenti N.H. F/O Fraser J.C. Fighter Sweep 17:25 18:45 Details of Sortie or Flight These eight aircraft of our Squadron were detailed to carry out a fighter sweep over the Nijmegen-Arnhiam area. F/L Monson led the flight

Fraser F/O W.G. Davis F/L K.F. Sage F/O R.H. Laurence F/O A.C. McBride F/O D.G. Cleghorn Blind Bombing 11:50 12:45 ' 12:20 12:45 ' Details of Sortie or Flight This was the second effort in "blind bombing", as it became to be known. Eight aircraft were lined up for the show but one failed

F/O's W. Anderson and A.C. McBride flew to England this afternoon where they are spending seven days leave. A buzz bomb was heard whizzing by the drome this afternoon and was spotted by F/o Bob Laurence enroute to enemy territory on an operation. The flying program for this day consisted of one operation

F/L Carr J. F/O Roach R.J. F/O McBride A.C. F/L LeGear V.H. Dive Bombing 10:40 16:00 Details of Sortie or Flight Bad weather held up operations in the morning, but the Squadron put in some work this afternoon. F/L Johnny Carr led Red Section off, four aircraft being used, carrying 1000 lb.

MP151 RB499 RB377 RB198 F/O Shaver L.C. F/O Elsley D.C. F/O McBride A.C. F/O Cleghorn D.G. Armed Recce 08:50 10:05 09:55 10:05 10:05 Details of Sortie or Flight F/O Lyal Shaver, leading four aircraft, took off on an armed recce into the Coesfeld area. The weather was expected to

F/O Hiltz R.A. F/O Stetler J. F/L Saunders W.L. F/O Smith R.V. P/O McBride A.C. Dive Bombing 13:35 15:10 Details of Sortie or Flight Eight pilots, led by F/O Hogg, and armed with 500 lb bombs (.025 tail fused) took-off to attack the railway running north out of Almele, Holland. After forming

F/O Roberts J. F/O Rassenti N.H. F/O Fraser J.G. F/O Hogg J.E. F/O McBride A.C. F/O Smith I.W. W/O Gray W.A. F/O Stitt J.H. Straffing 14:50 15:50 Details of Sortie or Flight Twelve pilots and a spare took-off on an Armed Recce sortie in support of the British 2nd Army. Nine pilots were

J85728 F/O Mac McBride has been withdrawn from further ops and considered as tour expired with 88 trips and 102:20 operational hours with a total of 1006:50 flying hours. He has shown a little fatigue in the last month and was consequently taken out a little prematurely. F/O's Staff Marlatt and Hugh

F/O Fraser J.G. F/O Johns R.A. F/O Bernhart P.N. F/O Hogg J.E. P/O McBride A.C. Fighter Patrol 18:25 ' 20:00 ' 19:50 ' Details of Sortie or Flight Tonight as the sun was going down behind the horizon, twelve of our aircraft took-off to carry out a fighter patrol in the Nijmegen area. The

F/L Burton W.D. F/O Carr J. F/O Hogg J.E. P/O McBride A.C. F/O Johns R.A. F/O Bernhart P.N. F/O Stitt J.M. F/O Burgess C.L. Dive-Bombing 12:35 13:40 ' 14:00 ' Details of Sortie or Flight This was another show in which eight aircraft carrying 500 lb. bombs (11 sec delay) took-off to attack

F/L Carr J. F/O Elsley D.C. F/O McBride A.C. F/O Harrison J.L. F/O Davis W.G. F/O Saunders A.W. F/O Anderson W. F/O Kubicki W. F/O Cleghorn D.G. Dive Bombing 13:15 14:00 14:00 14:00 14:00 14:10 14:10 14:10 14:10 14:10 Details of Sortie or Flight Eight aircraft led by F/L Johnny

F/O Hiltz R.A. F/O Hogg J.E. F/O Smith R.V. F/O Henderson A.L. P/O McBride A.C. Dive-Bombing 13:25 14:25 14:50 ' Details of Sortie or Flight The Squadron of eight aircraft dive-bombed the railway line at A.3342. At least two direct hits were observed which cut the tracks. There were three

F/L Burton W.D. F/L saunders W.L. F/O brown J.A. P/O McBride A.C. F/L Monson A.E. F/O martin W.C. F/O Smioth I.W. F/O Bernhart P.N. Dive-Bombing 11:35 13:00 Details of Sortie or Flight Eight aircraft of our Squadron carrying 500 lb bombs (11 second delay) were under the command of F/L

McBride's Typhoon. Al managed to get within fifteen miles of base before he had to make an emergency landing in no man's land. An American patrol whisked him away just as a group of Germans emerged from the nearby woods to destroy his aircraft. They say that when Al returned to Eindhoven later in the

from the 88 mm. guns. A close one smashed five holes in the wing of Al McBride's Typhoon. Intentionally left blank Intentionally left blank Then the rain came down again and the pilots' crew room was soon almost surrounded by water. Inside it, however, life was quite comfortable and the pilots,

23rd, before the ground assault opened. Eleven pilots led by F/O Al McBride, who was making the last sortie of his tour, attacked Haldern, a short distance east of Rees. On the operation the Typhoons carried l000 lb. bombs for the first time in almost a month. All 22 exploded in the target area and