NAME

POSITION

AIR-FORCE

COMMENTS

W/C. Kingsford-Smith.R DSO. DFC.

Pilot

RAAF

POSTED TO 463 25.11.43 First Commanding Officer until 18.6.44

Sgt Fairburn.R.

Flight Engineer

RAF

F/O Burton. A.C.

Navigator

RAF

10/11.5.44 to 14/15.6.44

F/O Kobelke.N.H.

Navigator

RAAF

25.11.43 to 21/22.5.44

F/O Brown.P.C.

Navigator

RAF

20/21.2.44

F/L Williams.A.

Navigator

RAAF

5/6.1.44

Sgt. Webb.B.W.

Bomb Aimer

RAAF

F/O McLeod.M.J

Wireless Operator

RAAF

F/O Curtis.R.A.

Wireless Operator

RAAF

F/L Lyons.K.M.D.

Wireless Operator

RAAF

5/6.1.44

F/S Smith.S.C.

Wireless Operator

RAAF

20/21.1.44

W/O Sattler.A.

Wireless Operator

RAAF

14/15.6.44

F/L Moorhead.B

Gunner MU

RAF

22/23.4.44

P/O Chapman.J.P.

Gunner MU

RAAF

27/28.1.44

F/S Chalk.D

Gunner MU

RAF

22/23.4.44

F/L Fraser.A.A.

Gunner MU

RAAF

6/7.6.44

F/O Muddle.E.

Gunner MU

RAAF

14/15.6.44

F/O Procter.DW.

Gunner Tail

RAAF

F/O Rees.J.K.R.

Gunner Tail

RAF

5/6.1.44

F/O Croft.R.M.

Gunner Tail

RAAF

26/27.4.44

F/O Herbert.

Camera

RAF

6/7.6.44

F/O Morris.

Camera

RAF

6/7.6.44

Major. Greenhowe.

Flak Observer

Army

On the Stettin trip 5/6.1.44

DATE

TARGET FOR TONIGHT

AIRCRAFT

COMMENTS

23/24.12.43

Be rl in

DV338 JO-C

5/6.1.44

Stettin

ED772 JO-G

20/21.1.44

Berlin

EE191 JO-F

27/28.1.44

Berlin

ME615 JO-T

15/16.2.44

Be ri in

HK536

20/21.2.44

Stuttgart

LL790 JO-O

1/2.3.44

Stuttgart

LM458 JO-P

9/10.3.44

Marignane

HK536

18/19.3.44

Frankfurt

DV229 JO-P

30/31.3.44

Nuremburg

?

5/6.4.44

Toulouse

LL892 JO-L

11/l2.4.44

Aachen

HK536

18/19.4.44

Juvisy

LL847 JO-D

22/23.4.44

Brunswick

LL847 JO-D

26/27.4.44

Schweinfurt

ME611

28/29.4.44

St Medard En Jalles

LL790 JO-O

10/11.5.44

Lillie

LL795

21/22.5.44

Duisberg

LL847 JO-D

3 1/5.1/6 .44

Saumur

LM571 JO-L

5/6.6.44

St Pierre Du Mont

LM574

6/7.6.44

Argentan

LL790 JO-O

10/11.6.44

Orleans

LL795

14/15.6.44

Aunay Sur Odon

LM587 JO-L

W/C Kingsford-Smith DSO. DFC. was the first commanding officer of 463 Sq from formation 25.11.43 to 18.6.44. He had completed 5 ops as flight commander C flt 467 Sq before posting to 463 and completed 23 ops with 463.

The outstanding man in this crew was F/O Webb.B.W. Bruce, as a bomb-aimer he always insisted on accuracy and returned some remarkable aiming point photo.