Entry from Chris log book
101 Squadron Operations Record Book
Daily Record of Events
Op number – 1
Destination – Spezia
Date – 13/4/1943
Timings – Dep 20:15 ret 06:30 dur 10:15
Aircraft – Lancaster ED377
Crew – Sgt Groome A.D., Sgt Berger O.H, Sgt Walters E.A., Sgt Black L., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Risi K., Sgt
Hornby R.
Op number – 2
Destination – Duisburg
Date – 26/4/1943
Timings – Dep 00:00 ret 06:00 dur 6:00
Aircraft – Lancaster ED377
Crew – Sgt Groome A.D., Sgt Berger O.H, Sgt Walters E.A., Sgt Black L., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Risi K., Sgt
Hornby R.
Op number – 3
Destination – Essen
Date – 30/4/1943
Timings – Dep 23:25 ret 05:05 dur 5:30
Aircraft – Lancaster ED377
Crew – Sgt Groome A.D., Sgt Berger O.H, Sgt Walters E.A., Sgt Black L., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Risi K., Sgt
Hornby R.
Op number – 4
Destination – Dortmund
Date – 4/5/1943
Timings – Dep 22:00 ret 03:40 dur 5:40
Aircraft – Lancaster ED377
Crew – Sgt Groome A.D., Sgt Berger O.H, Sgt Walters E.A., Sgt Black L., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Risi K., Sgt
Wright T.
Op number – 5
Destination – Bochum
Date – 13/5/1943
Timings – Dep 00:00 ret 06:00 dur 6:00
Aircraft – Lancaster ED377
Crew – Sgt Groome A.D., Sgt Berger O.H, Sgt Wheelwright E.L., Sgt Black L., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Risi K.,
Sgt Hornby R.
Op number – 6
Destination – Nimes
Date – 18/5/1943
Timings – Dep 21:50 ret 06:10 dur 8:40
Aircraft – Lancaster ED320
Crew – Sgt Groome A.D., Sgt Berger O.H, Sgt Wheelwright E.L., Sgt Black L., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Risi K.,
Sgt Hornby R.
Op number – 7
Destination – Dortmund
Date – 23/5/1943
Timings – Dep 22:00 ret 03:15 dur 5:15
Aircraft – Lancaster ED377
Crew – Sgt Groome A.D., Sgt Berger O.H, Sgt Wheelwright E.L., Sgt Black L., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Risi K.,
Sgt Hornby R.
Op number – 8
Destination – Dusseldorf
Date – 25/5/1943
Timings – Dep 23:00 ret 03:50 dur 4:50
Aircraft – Lancaster ED377
Crew – Sgt Groome A.D., Sgt Berger O.H, Sgt Wheelwright E.L., Sgt Black L., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Risi K.,
Sgt Hornby R.
Op number – 9
Destination – Essen
Date – 27/5/1943
Timings – Dep 22:40 ret 04:40 dur 6:00
Aircraft – Lancaster ED377
Crew – Sgt Groome A.D., Sgt Berger O.H, Sgt Wheelwright E.L., Sgt Black L., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Risi K.,
Sgt Hornby R.
Op number – 10
Destination – Dusseldorf
Date – 11/6/1943
Timings – Dep 22:30 ret 04:15 dur 5:45
Aircraft – Lancaster ED377, Stbd Outer O/S caught fire
Crew – Sgt Groome A.D., Sgt Berger O.H, Sgt Wheelwright E.L., Sgt Black L., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Risi K.,
Sgt Hornby R.
Op number – Abandoned
Destination – Krefeld
Date – 21/6/1943
Timings – Dep 23:40 ret 02:10 dur 2:30
Aircraft – Lancaster EE182, Stbd outer engine unservicable
Crew – Sgt Groome A.D., Sgt Berger O.H, Sgt Wheelwright E.L., Sgt Black L., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Risi K.,
Sgt Hornby R.
Op number – 11
Destination – Mulheim
Date – 22/6/1943
Timings – Dep 23:15 ret 03:40 dur 4:25
Aircraft – Lancaster ED377
Crew – Sgt Groome A.D., Sgt Berger O.H, Sgt Wheelwright E.L., Sgt Black L., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Risi K.,
Sgt Hornby R.
Op number – 12
Destination – Gelsenkirchen
Date – 25/6/1943
Timings – Dep 23:15 ret 04:00 dur 4:45
Aircraft – Lancaster ED377
Crew – Sgt Groome A.D., Sgt Berger O.H, Sgt Batchelor G.W.F., Sgt Black L., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Risi K.,
Sgt Hornby R.
2/7/1943 Groome promoted to W/O
Op number – 13
Destination – Cologne
Date – 3/7/1943
Timings – Dep 23:00 ret 05:10 dur 6:10
Aircraft – Lancaster ED317
Crew – W/O Groome A.D., Sgt Berger O.H, Sgt Batchelor G.W.F., Sgt Black L., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Risi K.,
Sgt Hornby R.
Op number – 14
Destination – Cologne
Date – 8/7/1943
Timings – Dep 22:30 ret 05:00 dur 6:30
Aircraft – Lancaster ED317 (wrong on Op record – ED377 lost 28/6)
Crew – W/O Groome A.D., Sgt Berger O.H, Sgt Batchelor G.W.F., Sgt Black L., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Risi K.,
Sgt Hornby R.
Op number – 15
Destination – Nuremberg
Date – 10/8/1943
Timings – Dep 21:25 ret 05:05 dur 7:40
Aircraft – Lancaster ED659
Crew – G/Capt Blucke, Sgt Berger O.H, S/L Greig A.B., F/L Petrides B.O., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Risi K., Sgt
Hornby R.
Op number – 16
Destination – Breda Works Milan
Date – 14/8/1943
Timing – Dep 21:05 ret 06:25 dur 9:20
Aircraft – Lancaster DV194
Crew – W/C Carey-Foster G.A., Sgt DeBrock F.G.C., S/L Greig A.B., F/L Petrides B.Q., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt
Risi K., Sgt Hornby R.
Op number – 17
Destination – Manheim
Date – 23/9/1943
Timings – Dep 18:35 ret 02:05 dur 7:30
Aircraft – Lancaster ED841
Crew – W/O Groome A.D., Sgt Berger O.H, P/O Rocheleau R.J., Sgt Bayman, Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Risi K., Sgt
Hornby R.
Op number – 18
Destination – Hanover
Date – 27/9/1943
Timings – Dep 19:15 ret 01:35 dur 6:20
Aircraft – Lancaster ED841
Crew – W/O Groome A.D., Sgt Berger O.H, P/O Rocheleau R.J., F/S Player S.T., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Risi K.,
F/S Hornby R.
Op number – 19
Destination – Hagen
Date – 1/10/1943
Timings – Dep 18:15 ret 23:45 dur 5:30
Aircraft – Lancaster ED841
Crew – W/O Groome A.D., Sgt Berger O.H, P/O Rocheleau R.J., F/S Player S.T., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Risi K.,
F/S Hornby R., Sgt Bardell K.H.
8 crew members, ABC equipped
Op number – Abandoned
Destination – Kassel
Date – 3/10/1943
Timings – Dep 19:10 ret 20:35 dur 1:25
Aircraft – Lancaster ED951
Crew – W/O Groome A.D., Sgt Berger O.H, P/O Rocheleau R.J., F/S Player S.T., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Risi K.,
F/S Hornby R.Stbd Outer O/S.
‘Waste of time and bombs’
Op number – 20
Destination – Frankfurt
Date – 4/10/1943
Timings – Dep 18:35 ret 00:35 dur 6:00
Aircraft – Lancaster ED841
Crew – W/O Groome A.D., Sgt Berger O.H, P/O Rocheleau R.J., F/S Player S.T., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Risi K.,
F/S Hornby R.
30/10/1943 – Groome leaves 101 Squadron
Op number – 21
Destination – Dusseldorf
Date – 3/11/1943
Timings – Dep 17:09 ret 21:14 dur 4:35
Aircraft – Lancaster DV268
Crew – F/L Frazer-Hollins G.A., Sgt Mortimer C.H., F/O Deane J.W.F., Sgt Witham H.W., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt
Heap E., T/S Kelley J.J., Sgt Stafford J.F.
Op number – 22
Destination – Modane
Date – 10/11/1943
Timings – Dep 20:30 ret 05:15 dur 8:45
Aircraft – Lancaster DV231
Crew – S/L Moody E., Sgt Baylon M., F/O Jacobs R.L., Sgt Boothman R.A.,Sgt Christie R.A., F/S Gittens G.H.,
W/O Reid R., F/O Raine F.J.W.
Op number – 23
Destination – Berlin
Date – 22/11/1943
Timings – Dep 17:15 ret 00:45 dur 7:30
Aircraft – Lancaster DV307
Crew – Sgt Bell D.J., Sgt Somers L., Sgt Bailey H.W., Sgt Harris E.H., Sgt Christie R.A., P/O Zubic F.J.,
Sgt Morton J, F/S Cohen M.
Op number – 24
Destination – Berlin
Date – 2/12/1943
Timings – Dep 16:45 ret 23:55 dur 7:10
Aircraft – Lancaster DV299
Crew – F/S Laurens J., Sgt Kibble W.A.G., Sgt Burton L., Sgt Waight C.H., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Royston
L.E., Sgt Stephens B.H.,Sgt Hayden A.
Op number – Abandoned
Destination – Leipzig
Date – 3/12/1943
Timings – Dep 00:01 ret 03:20 dur 3:20
Aircraft – Lancaster DV299
Crew – F/S Laurens J., Sgt Kibble W.A.G., Sgt Burton L., Sgt Waight C.H., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Royston
L.E., Sgt Bolt W.F.D., Sgt Fischl, O.
Op number – 25
Destination – Frankfurt
Date – 20/12/1943
Timing – Dep 17:15 ret 23:15 dur 6:40
Aircraft – Lancaster DV307
Crew – F/L Robertson W., Sgt Calvert T., P/O Kennedy R.I., F/S Player S.T., Sgt Christie R.A., P/O Wright
T., Tech/Sgt Jones E., W/O Honey F.W.G.
Collision over base on return
Op number – 26
Destination – Berlin (not Frankfurt)
Date – 23/12/1943
Timings – Dep 00:15 ret 07:15 dur 7:00
Aircraft – Lancaster DV389
Crew – P/O Kelly F.J., Sgt Berger O.H., F/L Rosevear R.C.G., F/S Cadman R.T., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt
Wearmouth C.J., F/Sgt Jones E., F/O Smith F.G.D.
Op number – 27
Destination – Braunswei
Date – 14/1/1944
Timings – Dep 16:50 ret 23:30 dur 6:40
Aircraft – Lancaster DV267
Crew – W/O Laurens J., Sgt Kibble W.A.G., F/S Burton L., Sgt Waight C.H., F/S Christie R.A., Sgt Royston
A.E., Sgt Bolt W.F.D., W/O Wardill L.A.
Op number – 28
Destination – Berlin
Date – 20/1/1944
Timings – Dep 16:30 ret 23:55 dur 7:20
Aircraft – Lancaster DV267
Crew – W/O Laurens J., Sgt Kibble W.A.G., F/S Burton L., Sgt Waight C.H., Sgt Christie R.A., Sgt Royston
A.E., Sgt Bolt W.F.D., W/O Wardill L.A.
Op number – 29
Destination – Magdeburg
Date – 21/1/1944
Timings – Dep 1955 ret 02:25 dur 6:30
Aircraft – Lancaster DV267
Crew – W/O Laurens J., Sgt Kibble W.A.G., F/S Burton L., Sgt Waight C.H., F/S Christie R.A., Sgt Royston
A.E., Sgt Bolt W.F.D., W/O Wardill L.A.
Op number – 30
Destination – Berlin
Date – 27/1/1944
Timings – Dep 17:25 ret 02:05 dur 8:40
Aircraft – Lancaster DV267
Crew – W/O Laurens J., Sgt Kibble W.A.G., F/O Fraser W., Sgt Waight C.H., F/S Christie R.A., Sgt Royston
A.E., Sgt Bolt W.F.D., W/O Wardill L.A.
10/2/1944 – R.A. Christie posted to No 28 OTU.
| Op | Destination | Date | Dep | Dur | Aircraft | Notes | Crew |
| 1 | Spezia | 13/04/1943 | 20:15 | 10:15 | ED377 | Short fuel | Groome Berger Walters Black Christie Risi Hornby |
| 2 | Duisburg | 26/04/1943 | 00:00 | 06:00 | ED377 | Groome Berger Walters Black Christie Risi Hornby | |
| 3 | Essen | 30/04/1943 | 23:25 | 05:30 | ED377 | Groome Berger Walters Black Christie Risi Hornby | |
| 4 | Dortmund | 04/05/1943 | 22:00 | 05:40 | ED377 | Groome Berger Walters Black Christie Risi Wright | |
| 5 | Bochum | 13/05/1943 | 00:00 | 06:00 | ED377 | Stb out caught fire | Groome Berger Wheelwright Black Christie Risi Hornby |
| 6 | Nimes | 18/05/1943 | 21:50 | 08:40 | ED320 | Groome Berger Wheelwright Black Christie Risi Hornby | |
| 7 | Dortmund | 23/05/1943 | 22:00 | 05:15 | ED377 | Groome Berger Wheelwright Black Christie Risi Hornby | |
| 8 | Dusseldorf | 25/05/1943 | 23:00 | 04:50 | ED377 | Groome Berger Wheelwright Black Christie Risi Hornby | |
| 9 | Essen | 27/05/1943 | 22:40 | 06:00 | ED377 | Groome Berger Wheelwright Black Christie Risi Hornby | |
| 10 | Dusseldorf | 11/06/1943 | 22:30 | 05:45 | ED377 | Stb out caught fire | Groome Berger Wheelwright Black Christie Risi Hornby |
| Krefeld | 21/06/1943 | 23:40 | 02:30 | EE182 | Abandoned stb out o/s | Groome Berger Wheelwright Black Christie Risi Hornby | |
| 11 | Mulheim | 22/06/1943 | 23:15 | 04:25 | ED377 | Groome Berger Wheelwright Black Christie Risi Hornby | |
| 12 | Gelsenkirchen | 25/06/1943 | 23:15 | 04:45 | ED377 | Groome Berger Batchelor Black Christie Risi Hornby | |
| ED377 lost 28/6 | |||||||
| 13 | Cologne | 03/07/1943 | 23:00 | 06:10 | ED317 | Groome Berger Batchelor Black Christie Risi Hornby | |
| 14 | Cologne | 08/07/1943 | 22:30 | 06:30 | ED317 | Groome Berger Batchelor Black Christie Risi Hornby | |
| 15 | Nuremberf | 10/08/1943 | 21:25 | 07:40 | ED659 | Blucke Berger Greig Petrides Christie Risi Hornby | |
| 16 | Breda Works Milan | 14/04/1943 | 21:05 | 09:20 | DV194 | Carey-Foster DeBrock Greig Petrides Christie Risi Hornby | |
| 17 | Manheim | 23/09/1943 | 18:35 | 07:30 | ED841 | Groome Berger Rocheleau Bayman Christie Risi Hornby | |
| 18 | Hanover | 27/09/1943 | 19:15 | 06:20 | ED841 | Groome Berger Rocheleau Player Christie Risi Hornby | |
| 19 | Hagen | 01/10/1943 | 18:15 | 05:30 | ED841 | Groome Berger Rocheleau Player Christie Risi Hornby Bardell | |
| Kassel | 03/10/1943 | 19:10 | 01:25 | ED951 | Stb out o/s | Groome Berger Rocheleau Player Christie Risi Hornby | |
| 20 | Frankfurt | 04/10/1943 | 18:35 | 06:00 | ED841 | ED841 damaged | Groome Berger Rocheleau Player Christie Risi Hornby |
| 30/10 Groome leaves | |||||||
| 21 | Dusseldorf | 03/11/1943 | 17:09 | 04:35 | DV268 | Frazer-Hollins Mortimer Deane Witham Christie Heap Kelley Stafford | |
| 22 | Modane | 10/11/1943 | 20:30 | 08:45 | DV231 | Moody Baylon Jacobs Boothman Christie Gittens Reid Raine | |
| 23 | Berlin | 22/11/1943 | 17:15 | 07:30 | DV307 | Bell Somers Bailey Harris Christie Zubic Morton Cohen | |
| 24 | Berlin | 02/12/1943 | 16:45 | 07:10 | DV299 | Laurens Kibble Burton Waight Christie Royston Stephens Hayden | |
| Leipzig | 03/12/1943 | 00:01 | 03:20 | DV299 | Stb out on fire | Laurens Kibble Burton Waight Christie Royston Bolt Fischl | |
| 25 | Frankfurt | 20/12/1943 | 17:15 | 06:40 | DV307 | Collision on base after return | Robertson Calvert Kennedy Player Christie Wright Jones Honey |
| 26 | Berlin | 23/12/1943 | 00:15 | 07:00 | DV389 | Kelly Berger Rosevear Cadman Christie Wearmouth Jones Smith | |
| 27 | Braunswei | 14/01/1944 | 16:50 | 06:40 | DV267 | Laurens Kibble Burton Waight Christie Royston Bolt Wardill | |
| 28 | Berlin | 20/01/1944 | 16:30 | 07:20 | DV267 | Laurens Kibble Burton Waight Christie Royston Bolt Wardill | |
| 29 | Magdeburg | 21/01/1944 | 19:55 | 06:30 | DV267 | Laurens Kibble Burton Waight Christie Royston Bolt Wardill | |
| 30 | Berlin | 27/01/1944 | 17:25 | 08:40 | DV267 | Laurens Kibble Fraser Waight Christie Royston Bolt Wardill | |
| 10/2 Christie posted OTU | |||||||
| Leipzig | 19/02/1944 | DV267 shot down early 20/2 |