B & T, Lancaster losses book I have merely says ND785 100Sq lost 21/22 Apr 44 Cologne marshalling yards
Squadron was based at Waltham at the time, moving to Elsham Wolds 1 Apr 45, then Scampton 15 Dec 45. Squadron code letters "HW", "JA", "FZ". Squadron code for ND785 was "HW-A", others that carried the same code were ED555 lost Leipzig 21-10-43, ED688 lost Hamburg 3-8-43, ED732 hit JA922 on take off Wickenby, ED821 lost Essen 28-5-43, EE139 to 550 Sq named
Phantom of the Ruhr struck off charge 12-1-46 121+operations 850+ hours, JB602 struck off charge damaged 15-1-44, ND398 lost Schweinfurt 25-2-44, ND485 no history logged, ND593 crashed in North Sea (Schweinfurt) 25-2-44, ND681 lost Stuttgart 16-3-44.
First operation minelaying 4/5 Mar 43
Raids 267
Minelaying 13
Sorties 3,984
Losses 92
Lost in accidents 21
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