Danish WW2 Pilots

Flt Lt Poul Henrichsen

Unit

114 Sqn

Aircraft

Boston IIIA , BZ327 (FD-W)

Date

01.03.44

Time

20:10 - 21:50

Details

Seven aircraft were briefed to bomb GISTERNA town situated immediately N of bridge-head the task being to limit movement in this important enemy road-head. Four a/c took off but after the first a/c returning early with bombs, had reported extremely bad weather conditions - namely 10/10 cloud from 5,000' - 10,000' with lightening & Cu. Nimb. up to 2,000' - the last three a/c were cancelled. The second a/c jettisoned bombs in the sea, the third & fourth [Henrichsen] bombed near TERRACINA, results not observed. The extremely bad weather was not consistent with the MET report received.

Crew:

  1. F/O P. Henrichsen
  2. F/O G.C.O. Wyerth
  3. F/S Lampert, A.A.
  4. Sgt. Bingham, W.J.

Source

AIR 27/883

Note

ORB is handwritten and difficult to read in places. Time up and down not indicated. Based on third aircraft.

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