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Kembs Blog Description (English)

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                 This Blog is constantly updated and upgraded in due course  also for Ploesti 9th AAF Low Level Raid 1.8.1943 , Ploesti Oil  Battle 4.4.-31.8.1944 as well Soviet VVS and Back Sea Fleet  Air Fleet Romania Air Campaigns 1941 - 1944                        Bombing Raid on Maerkt Barrage - 7th October 1944  ( A British review ) They took off at 13.10 hours from RAF Woodhall Spa in a Lancaster Mk I -No. NG180 KC-S to bomb Kembs Dam. Nearing the aiming point at 600 feet,they were hit by light Flak. On fire with two engines out of action, they flew north before being put down in the Rhine, near to the German town of Rheinweiler. It is believed that they all survived, only to lose their lives later that afternoon. There was cloud at 3,000 feet, but there was a clear patch over the target 13 Lancaster bombers took part in the raid, accompanied by a Mosquito photographic a/c and 34 Mustang III fighters of the 2nd Tactical Air Force's 133 Wing (American).
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Aftermath & Operational Issues

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Low Force          Pilots                            TOT               Bombing Results  EE 146     "D"          W/Cdr     J.B.Tait ( Ldr )   16:51         Bomb landed 10 yards short of Target LM 492   "W"          Sq /Ldr   J.V.Cockshott     16:54        Bomb fell on west bank of Rhine river DV391     "O"           F/O         P.H.Martin         16:43        Bomb fell as on overshoot 30-40 yards PB 415    "S"  KC-S Sq/Ldr    D.R.Wyness   (+)16:52        Bomb presumably fell on east bank LM 482    "K"  KC-Q FL/Lt      C.J.G.Howard(+)16:           unknown on 2nd bomb run ME 562    "K"           F/O        J.A.Sanders       16:45        Bomb over barrge fell far side High Force EE 923    "M"          Sq /Ldr     G.E.Fawke (L)   17:05        3 Bmb.runs ,bomb fell west bank        DV 393    "T"           F/O          A.W.Joplin        16:49        Bomb fell close of 2nd pier left of T LM 485 
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