Memory Lane.
ancient aviator,
Of course we'll bear with you ! This is exactly what this Thread is all about - filling in the jigsaw with one more piece.
IIRC (I was in W.Bengal at the time), 83 Sqdn. (Lancs) with 78 (Halifax) were on the Peenemünde raid in August '43. Your Air Staff W/Cdr must have had a tale to tell when he got back to 4 Group.
I have very tenuous connection: it fell to my lot to introduce the daughter of the Master Bomber to the arcane mysteries of ATC at Shawbury in the early '60s.
Danny.