The story
He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type III, serial ED806, code WS-L).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
No report
Campaign report of the RAF:
9/10 April 1943
5 Mosquitos and 104 Lancasters were dispatched to Duisburg but thick cloud again caused a scattered attack. 8 Lancasters lost. 5 OTU Wellingtons carried leaflets to France without loss.
10/11 April 1943
502 aircraft - 144 Wellingtons, 136 Lancasters, 124 Halifaxes, 98 Stirlings - raided Frankfurt. Complete cloud cover in the target area again led to a failure. The bombing photographs of every aircraft showed nothing but cloud and Bomber Command had no idea where bombs had fallen. Frankfurt reports only a few in the suburbs of the city south of the River Main. 21 aircraft - 8 Wellingtons, 5 Lancasters, 5 Stirlings, 3 Halifaxes - lost, 4.2 per cent of the force.
7 Stirlings minelaying in the Frisians, 4 OTU sorties. No losses.
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