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No.582 Sqn RAF

Name : No.582 Sqn RAF Founded : 1st April 1944 Disbanded : 10th September 1945 Country : UK Fate : Disbanded 10th September 1945 More Details : Praecolamus designantes - We fly before marking Known Code Letters : , 6O,

Known Service Details :
Pilot or Aircrew	Rank	Start of Service	End of Service	Known Dates	Aircraft	Airframes	Notes
Ernest Frank Baker	flight sgt	1st April 1944	23rd October 1944		Lancaster
Gerard Wilfrid O'Donovan		unknown	14th February 1945	06th June 1944	Lancaster
Roy Pengilley		unknown	March 1945		Lancaster

Pilots and Aircrew for : No.582 Sqn RAF
A list of all aircrew from our database who are associated with this squadron. A profile page is available by clicking their name.
Name	Info
Baker, Ernest Frank Click the name above to see a profile of Baker, Ernest Frank    Died : 5 / 12 / 2017	Baker, Ernest Frank Enlisted (AC2, Aircraft handler Wireless Operator Air Gunner on the 15th April 1941, joining 582 Sqd as a Gunner on the 1st April 1944 ''As a Rear Gunner Flight Sergeant had completed 52 sorties with No. 582 Squadron (part of No. 8 Group, Pathfinder Force)These included four trips to Berlin.
Carden, Pat Click the name above to see a profile of Carden, Pat    Died : 28 / 6 / 2008	Carden, Pat Joining the RAF in 1932, after qualifying as a pilot, he served as an instructor until 1942, when he joined 15 Squadron at Mildenhall, flying Lancasters. Volunteering for the Pathfinder Force he joined 35 Squadron at Gravely on Halifaxes, followed by 582 Squadron on Lancasters, taking part in many bombing sorties over Normandy, including two missions on D-Day. He finished the war having completed 66 operations. Pat Carden sadly died 28th June 2008, aged 96.
Last, Roy Click the name above to see a profile of Last, Roy	Last, Roy Was called up early in 1943 upon reaching his eighteenth birthday. He trained at 7 AGS Stormydown and crewed up at Wing OTU. He started ops at 101 Squadron, Ludford Magna on 18th April 1944 on Aachen and was selected for Pathfinders after six ops with 101 Squadron. He completed 30 ops with 582 Squadron at Little Staughton, carrying out several master bomber raids. He was wounded by flak in September 1944 and returned to the Squadron. He rejoined his skipper and completed another ten ops before being posted to PFTU as a gunnery instructor.
O'Donovan, Gerard Wilfrid Click the name above to see a profile of O'Donovan, Gerard Wilfrid    Died : 20 / 11 / 2012	O'Donovan, Gerard Wilfrid Gerard Wilfrid O’Donovan was born at Ferndale, Glamorgan, on March 24 1921 and educated at Port Talbot Grammar School, where he was head boy. He joined the RAF in June 1940 and later trained as a pilot in the United States. In late 1943, at the height of the Battle of Berlin, he joined No.12 Squadron before transferring to the Pathfinder Force. On the formation of No.582 Squadron he was appointed flight commander. This heralded an almost unprecedented period of service with the Pathfinders for O’Donovan, during which he served continuously on bombing operations for more than a year. After numerous attacks against Berlin and industrial targets in Germany, Bomber Command switched its attention to France in preparation for the D-Day landings. O’Donovan marked many of these targets, often under fire, and his Lancaster was damaged on a number of occasions. By August 1944 he was frequently acting as the master bomber controlling and directing the main bomber force. The raid on Walcheren was his 45th with the Pathfinders, and he was due for a rest. His crew dispersed, but O’Donovan volunteered to continue and, with a new crew, marked targets deep into Germany. On February 13/14 1945 he attacked Dresden. It was his 60th operation with No 582 and his 90th bombing sortie. With the war drawing to a close, he was grounded and awarded a DFC. O’Donovan remained in the RAF as a bomber pilot and flew the B29 Washington with No 138 Squadron before serving in Singapore on the staff of the Far East Air Force. After a period at the Air Ministry he retired at his own request in 1961.
Pengilley, Roy Click the name above to see a profile of Pengilley, Roy	Pengilley, Roy A pilot with 625 Sqn before being chosen for Pathfinders on Lancasters, joining 582 Sqn and completing 59 operations. Roy was wounded on a daylight operation spending two months in hospital, finally completing his tour in March 1945.

Aircraft for : No.582 Sqn RAF
A list of all aircraft associated with No.582 Sqn RAF. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name.
Aircraft	Info
Lancaster Click the name above to see prints featuring Lancaster aircraft. Manufacturer : Avro Production Began : 1942 Retired : 1963 Number Built : 7377	Lancaster The Avro Lancaster arose from the avro Manchester and the first prototype Lancaster was a converted Manchester with four engines. The Lancaster was first flown in January 1941, and started operations in March 1942. By March 1945 The Royal Air Force had 56 squadrons of Lancasters with the first squadron equipped being No.44 Squadron. During World War Two the Avro Lancaster flew 156,000 sorties and dropped 618,378 tonnes of bombs between 1942 and 1945. Lancaster Bomberss took part in the devastating round-the-clock raids on Hamburg during Air Marshall Harris' Operation Gomorrah in July 1943. Just 35 Lancasters completed more than 100 successful operations each, and 3,249 were lost in action. The most successful survivor completed 139 operations, and the Lancaster was scrapped after the war in 1947. A few Lancasters were converted into tankers and the two tanker aircraft were joined by another converted Lancaster and were used in the Berlin Airlift, achieving 757 tanker sorties. A famous Lancaster bombing raid was the 1943 mission, codenamed Operation Chastise, to destroy the dams of the Ruhr Valley. The operation was carried out by 617 Squadron in modified Mk IIIs carrying special drum shaped bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis. Also famous was a series of Lancaster attacks using Tallboy bombs against the German battleship Tirpitz, which first disabled and later sank the ship. The Lancaster bomber was the basis of the new Avro Lincoln bomber, initially known as the Lancaster IV and Lancaster V. (Becoming Lincoln B1 and B2 respectively.) Their Lancastrian airliner was also based on the Lancaster but was not very successful. Other developments were the Avro York and the successful Shackleton which continued in airborne early warning service up to 1992.

Last edited : 16:02, December 29, 2017
Last editor : HMS

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