156 Squadron Mission Details
Target: Bios de Cassan Mission Date: 3/08/1944 Mission Comments: 10 aircraft detailed for daylight operations on BOIS DE CASSAN DUMP. All proceeded and returned. FLYING-BOMB STORAGE SITES. 1,114 Aircraft - 601 Lancasters, 492 Halifaxes, 21 Mosquitoes - carried out major raids on the Bois de Cassan, Foret de Nieppe and Trossy-St-Maxim flying bomb stores. The weather was clear and all raids sucessful. 6 Lancasters lost, 5 from the Trossy-St-Maxim raid and 1 from the Bois de Cassan raid.
Rego	Type	Captain	Departed	Over Target	Height	Returned	Flight Time	Comments	ORB Slide
ND808	Lancaster	W/C LAWSON	12:06	14.01	13700	15:23	03:17		DSCF0291
ND477	Lancaster	F/O PEEDELL	12:09	14.01	14000	15:22	03:13		DSCF0291
PB177	Lancaster III	F/Lt CLELAND	12:10	14.04	15000	15:21	03:11		DSCF0291
PB186	Lancaster III	P/O L'ESTRANGE	12:11	14.02	14000	15:45	03:34		DSCF0291
ND618	Lancaster III	F/O LEWIS	12:16	14.08	15800	15:32	03:16		DSCF0291
ND340	Lancaster	F/Lt TEMPLE	12:12	14.06	14400	15:29	03:17		DSCF0292
NE132	Lancaster	S/L DWEN	12:13	14.12	12000	15:48	03:35		DSCF0292
PB302	Lancaster III	S/L ROBERTSON	12:14	14.00	13500	15:35	03:21	Task. BOIS DE CASSAN DUMP. Target attacked at 1400.30 hrs from 13,500 ft. One lot of Red TI's seen at 1358 hrs, smoke trails seen first, confirmed that TI red overshot A/P slightly. Bombing well on TI. Some bombs actually undershooting across the river. One photo attempted	DSCF0292
NE120	Lancaster	F/Lt NEAL	12:15	14.09	13800	15:50	03:35		DSCF0292
ND882	Lancaster	F/Lt ETCHELLS	12:17	14.10	14000	15:25	03:08		DSCF0292