Operations Record Logbook

The war years diary

Please note the following information has been extracted from records obtained from the Public Records Office, Kew and is subject to crown copyright. Document reference AIR 27/2128 Operations Record Book.

Due to the quality of some of the documents, some information has been marked with a ? mark, I have also been informed by a well studied 617 Historian (Jim Shortland) that this set of documents contain a large amount of errors and must not be read as the truth all of the time. Corrections will be made when pointed out.

The Record Book relates to the day to day running of 617 Squadron from the 1st April 1943 to 16th April 1945.

Events of 1943

The Dams raid 16th & 17th May 1943
Training Accident 6th June 1943
Aquata Scriva in Italy 15th to 17th July 1943
San Polo D'Enza 15th to 17th July 1943
Leghorn in Italy 24th July 1943
Milan in Italy 29th July 1943
Turin in Italy 29th July 1943
Genoa in Italy 29th July 1943
Bologna in Italy 19th July 1943
Training Accident 5th August 1943
Dortmund Ems canal in Germany 15th September 1943
Antheor Railway Viaduct in Southern France 16th September 1943
Antheor Railway Viaductin Southern France 11th November 1943
In Transit Accident Bay of Biscay 17th November 1943
Supply drop Incident 10th December 1943
Flixecourt 16th December 1943
Liege Armaments factory 20th December 1943
Pas De Calais 22nd December 1943
Flixecourt 31st December 1943

Events of 1944

Pas De Calais 14th January 1944
Training Accident 20th January 1944
Pas De Calais 21st January 1944
Pas De Calais 25th January 1944
Limoges 8th February 1944
Antheor Railway Viaduct in Southern France 12th February 1944
In Transit Accident 13th February 1944
Albert 2nd March 1944
St Etienne 4th March 1944
St Etienne 10th March 1944
Woippy 15th March 1944
Clermont Ferrand 16th March 1944
Bergerac 18th March 1944
Angouleme 20th March 1944
Lyons 23rd March 1944
Lyons 25th March 1944
Lyons 29th March 1944
Toulouse 5th April 1944
St Cyr 10th April 1944
Juvisy 18th April 1944
Juvisy 20 April 1944
Brunswick 22nd April 1944
Munich 24th April 1944
Milan 24th April 1944
Mailly camp 3rd May 1944
Mock D-Day 5th June 1944
Saumar railway tunnel France 8th June 1944
Le Harve 14th June 1944
Boulogne 15th June 1944
Watten 19th June 1944
Wizernes V2 rocket base 20th June 1944
Wizernes V2 rocket base 22nd June 1944
Wizernes V2 rocket base 24th June 1944
Siracourt 25th June 1944
Creil 4th July 1944
Mimoyecques 6th July 1944
In Transit Accident 14th July 1944
Wizernes V2 rocket base 17th July 1944
Wizernes V2 rocket base 20th July 1944
Watten 25th July 1944
Rilly La Montagne 31st July 1944
Siracourt 1st August 1944
Etaples 4th August 1944
Brest 5th August 1944
Ships at Keroman 6th August 1944
Lorient 7th August 1944
Training Accident 7th August 1944
La Pallice 9th August 1944
La Pallice 11th August 1944
Brest 12th August 1944
A ship the Gueydon 13th August 1944
A ship the Gueydon 14th August 1944
La Pallice 16th August 1944
La Pallice 18th August 1944
Ijmuiden u-boat pens 24th August 1944
Brest 27th August 1944
In Transit Accident 11th September 1944
(ship) Tirpitz 11th September 1944
Dortmund Ems canal 23rd September 1944
Westkappel sea wall 3rd October 1944
Kembs canal 7th October 1944
(ship) Tirpitz 29th October 1944
(ship) Tirpitz 12th November 1944
Urft dam 8th December 1944
Urft dam 11th December 1944
Ijuiden u-boat pens 15th December 1944
Politz 21st December 1944
Rotterdam 29th December 1944
Ijmuden u-boat pens 30th Decemebr 1944
Ships at Oslo 31st December 1944

Events of 1945

Ships at Oslo 1st January 1945
Bergen 12th January 1945
Poortershaven 3rd February 1945
Bielefeld railway viaduct 6th February 1945
Ijmuiden u-boat pens 8th February 1945
Bielefeld railway viaduct 14th February 1945
Bielefeld railway viaduct 22nd February 1945
Dortmund Ems canal 24th February 1945
Bielefeld railway viaduct 13th March 1945
Bielefeld railway viaduct 14th March 1945
Arnsberg 15th March 1945
Arnsberg 19th March 1945
Dreys 21st March 1945
Nienburg 23rd March 1945
Farge 27th March 1945
Training Accident 5th April 1945
Ijmuiden u-boat pens 6th April 1945
Ijmuiden u-boat pens 7th April 1945
Hamburg U-Boat pens 9th April 1945
Ships the Lutzow & Prinz Eugen 13th April 1945
(ship) Lutzow 15th April 1945
(ship) Lutzow 16th April 1945
Heligoland 19th April 1945
Berchesgarden "Hitlers eagle nest" 25th April 1945
Training Accident 16th May 1945