550 Squadron Navigation Charts
Flight Lieutenant Jim Cassidy, DFC* (RAAF)
Navigation Charts
Navigation charts as completed by F/Lt Cassidy during his tour with 550 Squadron.
Wanne Eickel (Ruhr), 18/11/1944
Target & aircraft: Wanne Eickel (Ruhr), NG251
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Aschaffenburg, 21/11/1944
Target & aircraft: Aschaffenburg, EE139
This was the last operation for EE139/BQ-B, The Phantom of the Ruhr; after 121 operations S/Ldr Caldow grounded the aircraft immediately following the operation as "unfit to fly" (twisted air-frame). According to F/Lt Cassidy: "Willie had to fight hard to control the aircraft the whole way there and the whole way back.".
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Freiburg, 27/11/1944
Target & aircraft: Freiburg, NG336.
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Ulm, 17/12/1944
Target & aircraft: Ulm, NG336.
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Dresden, 13/02/1945
Target & aircraft: Dresden, NN715.
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Other Charts to Follow
The navigation charts for all the operations in this second tour are available and will be added over time to the online record. The list includes all of the following operations:
- Urff Dam, NG336, December 1944 (DNCO)
- Merseburg, NG336, 6 December 1944
- Essen, NG336, 12 December 1944
- Cologne, NG221, 24 December 1944 (landed Wendling)
- Hannover, NG221, 5 January 1945
- Leuna Oil Plant, NN715, 14 January 1945
- Zeitz Oil Plant, NN715, 16 January 1945
- Mannheim-Ludwigshafen, NN715, 1 February 1945
- Bottrop, NN715, 3 February 1945
- Meuss - but OPS RECALLED one hour after take-off, ME390, 28 February 1945
- Mannheim, ME390, 1 March 1945
- Chemnitz, ME390, 5 March 1945
- Kassel, ME390, 8 March 1945
- Dortmund, ME390, 12 March 1945
- Herne Oil Plant, ME390, 13 March 1945
- Nuremberg, ME390, 16 March 1945
End of tour : Total Operational Time 144 hrs 10 mins.