102 Squadron

Steven K. Dixon 2024

Squadron: 102 Aircraft Name: F-Fox

Crew:

Position	Name	Rank
Pilot	Jones Dennis	F/Lt
Wireless	Robert Charcoal	F/SGT
Rear Gunner	Baden Everett	F/SGT
Navigator	Rory Wallis	W/O
Mid-Upper	Steven Ramsey	SGT
Bomb Aimer	Drew Digby	P/O
Engineer	Lewis Bryan	W/O

Campaign 3 missions:

Mission #	Target	Result
18	Druex, Fr.	On Target 40%
19	Heilbronn, Ge.	On Target 30%
20	Castrop, Ge.	On Target 42%

Campaign 4 Credited Kills:

Mission	ME 110 F-4	ME 110 G-4	JU 88 C-6	JU 88 G-7	DO 217 J-1	DO 217 N-2	HE 219 A-0	FW 190 A-5UZ	ME 109 G-6U4N	ME 262 B-1AU1	TA 154 A-0
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Campaign 3

Mission 18 - F-Fox, on her first mission, suffered enough damage to be out of action a couple of days. Rookie Bomb Aimer P/O Drew Digby was credited with 48% on target accuracy. The bomber's crew got their first kill, an Me110 G-4. The crew also suffered its first casualty, the death of tail gunner F/Sgt Martin Lovell, from enemy cannon fire.
Mission 19 - Very quiet mission. Faced four enemy night fighters. Shot down none, and only lost the tail guns. No casualties to the crew.
Mission 20 - Rather uneventful. Flak over target knocked out the nose turret guns. Enemy fighter on egress from target knocked out the H2S. No other damage was received or given.

Mission #	Target	Result
1	Ludwigshafen	On Target 50%
2	Sterkrade	On Target 30%
3	Bingen	Off Target 0%
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Campaign 4 missions:

Campaign 3 Credited Kills:

Mission	ME 110 F-4	ME 110 G-4	JU 88 C-6	JU 88 G-7	DO 217 J-1	DO 217 N-2	HE 219 A-0	FW 190 A-5UZ	ME 109 G-6U4N	ME 262 B-1AU1	TA 154 A-0
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Previous aircraft R-Regent lost on Peenemunde mission. F for Frederick lost on Courtrai, Be. mission. F-Fox lost on Bergerac, Fr. mission. C-Cecil lost on Ossun, Fr. mission, Y-Yorker lost on Berlin mission. Foxglove lost on St. Valery mission. R-Rosie lost on Chambly mission. W-Wellington lost on Karlsruhe mission. P-Pete lost on Noisy-Le-Sec mission. R-Roger lost on Villeneuve-St. Georges mission. K-King lost on St. Medard mission. D-Derby lost on Aufevre mission. V-Victor lost on Cambrai mission. C-Charlie lost on Cond-sur-Noireau mission.

Campaign 4

Mission 1 - No enemy fighters were encountered the entire mission.Flak was inaccurate. In the target zone two turrets had their machine guns jam due to the cold. They remained jammed for the remainder of the mission. In the target zone AA was light, with no hits. Bomb run was on target for 50% accuracy.
Mission 2 - Faced a single enemy fighter, which failed to hit us. Flak, however, did crack the windscreen. Searchlights were very persistent, catching us in almost every zone.
Mission 3 - No enemy fighters were encountered. The enemy searchlights were persistent, enabling flak to zero in. We took a few minor flak hits, but nothing to interfere with the handling of the aircraft. Target was completely obscured, throwing off our aim, resulting in a complete miss.