Operations

List of Operations that E E Amerasekera DFC* flew with the RAF

Number Date Aircraft Pilot Target Flying Time Comments

10 OTU

01 03/04/1943 Whitley Sgt Emms Catreaux 5.0 Nickel raid

158 Squadron

02 21/06/1943 Halifax S Sgt Emms Krefeld 5.24

22/06/1943 S Sgt Emms Mulheim 0.40 DNCO

24/06/1943 S Sgt Emms Wuppertal 1.38 DNCO

25/06/1943 T Sgt Emms Gelsenkirchen 3.18 DPCO

03 03/07/1943 X Sgt Emms Cologne 5.45

04 09/07/1943 X Sgt Emms Gelsenkirchen 6.15

05 13/07/1943 X Sgt Emms Aachen 5.20

06 15/07/1943 F Sgt Emms Montbeliard 7.37

07 24/07/1943 X Sgt Emms Hamburg 5.00

08 25/07/1943 X Sgt Emms Essen 4.36

09 27/07/1943 X Sgt Emms Hamburg 5.20

10 29/07/1943 X Sgt Emms Hamburg 4.48

11 17/08/1943 X Sgt Emms Peenemunde 7.20 Landed at Topcliffe

12 22/08/1943 X Sgt Emms Leverkusen 1.25 Turned Back No I/C in rear turret

13 23/08/1943 X Sgt Emms Berlin 6.10 Reached 0650 E STBD Outer U/S

14 27/08/1943 X Sgt Emms Nuremburg 8.00

15 30/08/1943 X Sgt Emms Munchen-Gladbach 4.55

31/08/1943 S Sgt Emms Berlin 2.25 DNCO. Overload pump U/S

16 05/09/1943 X Sgt Emms Mannheim 7.25

17 06/09/1943 X Sgt Emms Munich 8.45 Landed Stanton Harcourt

No 35 Squadron (No Operations)

Return to No 158 Squadron

18 08/10/1943 O Sgt Emms Hannover 5.35

19 22/10/1943 N Sgt Emms Kassel 6.05 Landed at Catfoss

20 11/11/1943 M Sgt Emms Cannes 9.10 Landed at Hurn

21 18/11/1943 P Sgt Emms Mannheim 7.55

1 Operation with 10 OUT and 20 Operations with 158 Squadron

1655 MTU (No Operations)

640 Squadron

22 24/08/1944 Halifax III LV823 O P/O Papple Brest 4.55 4 Ships

23 31/08/1944 MZ308 W P/O Papple La Pourchinte 3.25 Mission abandoned over Target.

24 13/09/1944 MZ544 Z P/O Papple Nordstern 4.10

25 15/09/1944 MZ731 I P/O Papple Kiel 5.20 Over enemy territory -Returned –Electrical Storm

26 17/09/1944 MZ407 R P/O Papple Boulogne Sur Mer 3.49

27 23/09/1944 NP956 Y P/O Papple Neuss 4.30

28 25/09/1944 MZ544 Z P/O Papple Calais 3.30 Mission abandoned bombs brought back

29 26/09/1944 NP965 Y P/O Papple Calais 4.10

30 28/11/1944 NP958 V P/O Mills Essen 5.35

31 02/12/1944 NP965 Y P/O Jeeves Hagen 6.15 ORB shows H S Bush as the navigator

The Squadron Operations Record Book (ORB) above shows F/Sgt. H S Bush was the navigator for this operation, but Amerasekera's Log book shown below shows he was the navigator with Jeeves' crew on that night. This may explain why he has 53 Operations listed here and the official records credit him with 52.

Amerasekera's Log book shows he flew on this operation with Jeeves.

32 05/12/1944 NP958 V P/O Jeeves Soest 6.15

33 12/12/1944 NP289 P P/O Jeeves Essen 5.30

34 22/12/1944 PN182 N P/O Jeeves Bingen 6.00 Landed at Middleton St George

35 28/12/1944 PN182 N P/O Jeeves Opladen 5.15

36 05/01/1945 PN182 N P/O Jeeves Hannover 5.00

37 06/01/1945 PN182 N P/O Jeeves Hanau 6.25

38 14/01/1945 PN182 N P/O Jeeves Saarbrucken 6.30 Dropped 7000 lbs of bombs

16/01/1945 PN182 N P/O Jeeves Madgeburg Non starter

39 22/01/1945 PN182 N P/O Jeeves Gelsenkirchen 5.25

40 28/01/1945 PN182 N P/O Jeeves Stuttgart 7.30 (seen Paris)

41 04/02/1945 PN182 N P/O Jeeves Gelsenkirchen (Nordstern) 5.30

42 20/02/1945 NP997 Z P/O Jeeves Reisholz (Dusseldorf) 7.00

21/02/1945 PN182 N P/O Jeeves Worms Non Starter

43 23/02/1945 PN182 N P/O Jeeves Essen 5.40

44 24/02/1945 NP958 V P/O Jeeves Kamen 5.50

45 27/02/1945 PN182 N P/O Jeeves Mainz 6.25 Dropped 7900 lbs

46 03/03/1945 PN182 N P/O Jeeves Kamen 5.45

47 05/03/1945 PN182 N P/O Jeeves Chemnitz 8.10 Landed at Lyneham

48 07/03/1945 PN182 N P/O Jeeves Hemmingstedt 5.50

49 11/03/1945 PN182 N P/O Jeeves Essen 5.35 Dropped 7900 Lbs

50 12/03/1945 PN182 N P/O Jeeves Dortmund 5.35

51 13/03/1945 PN182 N P/O Jeeves Wuppertal 5.20

52 15/03/1945 PN182 N P/O Jeeves Matthias Stinnes (Bottrop) 5.10 Dropped 7500 lbs

53 19/03/1945 PN182 N P/O Jeeves Witten 6.18