617 Sqd Kembs Barrage Raid 7 October 1944

                 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).