12/626 Squadron Navigation Charts
Flight Lieutenant Jim Cassidy, DFC* (RAAF)
Navigation Charts
Navigation charts as completed by F/Lt Cassidy during his tour with 12/626 Squadron. His first operations were in Wellingtons but the bulk of the operations were carried out in Lancasters.
Brunswick, 14/01/1944
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Other Charts to Follow
The navigation charts for all the operations in this, first, tour are available and will be added over time to the online record. The list includes all of the following operations:
- La Rouchelle (Gardening), 6 July 43
- Cologne, 8 July 43
- Gelsenkirchen, 9 July 43
- Hamburg, 2 August 43 (both ailerons lost)
- Mannheim, 9 August 43
- Milan, 12 August 43
- Milan, 15 August 43
- Peenemunde, 17 August 43 (Messerschmitt ME 210)
- Berlin, 23 August 43
- Nurnburg, 27 August 43
- Berlin, 3 September 43
- Mannhein - Ludwigshafen, 5 September 43
- Munich, 6 September 43
- Bochum,29 September 43
- Hagen, 1 October 43
- Kassel, 3 October 43
- Frankfurt, 4 October 43
- Stuttgart, 7 October 43 (DNCO "did not complete operation", landed West Malling)
- Duesseldorf, 3 November 43
- Modane, 10 November 43
- Berlin, 22 November 43
- Berlin, 23 November 43
- Berlin, 16 December 43
- Mannheim, 20 December 43 (spoof for Frankfurt)
- Berlin, 2 January 44 (00:30)
- Berlin, 2 January 44 (23:35)
- Stettin, 5 January 44
- Berlin, 27 January 44
- Berlin, 28 January 44
End of tour : Total Operational Time 199 hrs 35 mins.