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[Home] [Profiles 103 Sqn N to Z] [Alan Yates DFC RAFVR and crew  103 Sqn 166 Sqn]

Alan Yates DFC RAFVR and crew – 103 Squadron / 166 Squadron - 1944/45

103 Squadron  Yates and crew

Photo – Front row L to R - Sgt Arthur R Edwards – Rear gunner, F/S Arthur E Vinnicombe – Air Bomber and Sgt Terence H Davis - Mid upper gunner

Back Row L to R - F/S Malcolm Richardson DFM - Navigator, F/O Alan Yates DFC – Pilot, F/S Donald Butterworth RAAF – Wireless operator

The Yates crew were posted to 103 Squadron at RAF Elsham Wolds from 11 Base HCU on the 11 August 1944.

The crew was as shown in the above photo caption plus Sgt P Phillips – Flight Engineer

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Yates flew his first operation as a Second Dickie / co-pilot with F/L J T A Marsden to Russelheim on the 25/26 August 1944.

He then captained his own crew on the following operations.

06-Sep-44 - Le Havre - Army support - Lancaster -  LM131 – P/O A Yates - Aborted by Master Bomber due to cloud cover over target. Instructed to jettison 3x1000lb bombs and landed at base.

10-Sep-44 - Le Havre - Army support - Lancaster -  NN713 – P/O A Yates

12-Sep-44 - Frankfurt - Point of Aim - Lancaster - NN713 – P/O A Yates

17-Sep-44 - Leeuwarden - Airfield - Lancaster - NN713 – P/O A Yates

23-Sep-44 - Neuss - Point of Aim - Lancaster - NN713 – P/O A Yates

24-Sep-44 - Calais - Army support - Lancaster - NN713 – P/O A Yates - Hit by light flak. Landed away.

27-Sep-44 - Calais - Army support - Lancaster - NN713 – F/O A Yates

05-Oct-44 - Saarbrucken - Army support - Lancaster - NG173 – F/O A Yates

07-Oct-44 - Emmerich - Army support - Lancaster - NG173 – F/O A Yates

On the 15 October this crew were posted to 166 Squaron at RAF Kirmington and completed their tour as follows :-

25-Oct-44 - Essen

28-Oct-44Cologne

30-Oct-44Cologne

31-Oct-44Cologne

02-Nov-44Dusseldorf

04-Nov-1944Bochum

06-Nov-44Gelsenkirken

11-Nov-44Dortmund

18-Nov-44Wanna Eikel

29-Nov-44Dortmund

03-Dec-44Urft Dam

06-Dec-44Leuna

17-Dec-44Ulm

21-Dec-44Mine Laying

28-Dec-1944Munchengladbach

02-Jan-45Nuremburg

16-Jan-45Zeitz

22-Jan-45Duisburg/Hamborn

02-Feb-45Wiesbaden.

Alan Yates completed his tour as a F/L and was awarded a DFC. Malcolm Richardson was awarded a DFM.

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Compiled by David Fell. The photo was sent to me years ago by the either Yates or Butterworth families

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