The 408 Sqdn left from Linton on Ouse at 1944-10-16 at 17:22. Loc or duty Wilhelshaven

On Monday 16 October 1944, a member of the 408 Sqdn, Flight Lieutenant F L Smart, took off from Linton on Ouse in the United Kingdom. His mission is mentioned elsewhere on WW2 History Europe. You can find the other details of this mission by searching here. Training and cargo flights are not separately mentioned as a mission. The plane left at 17:22.

He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type VII, serial NP773, code EQ-M).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS

(Eighth Air Force): Mission 680: 2 B-17s and 7 B-24s are dispatched on a night leaflet mission to France, the Netherlands and Germany.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS

(Ninth Air Force): Ninth AF advance HQ follows HQ Twelfth Army Group to Luxembourg.

All operations are cancelled due to weather. In France, HQ 358th Fighter Group and the 366th and 367th Fighter Squadrons move from Vitry-le-Francois to Mourmelon with P-47s.

Campaign report of the RAF:

15/16 October 1944

506 aircraft - 257 Halifaxes, 241 Lancasters, 8 Mosquitos - from all groups except No 5 Group on the last of 14 major Bomber Command raids on Wilhelmshaven that began in early 1941. Bomber Command claimed 'severe damage' to the business and residential areas.

44 Mosquitos to Hamburg, 6 to Saarbrücken and 2 each to Düsseldorf and Kassel, 33 RCM sorties, 42 Mosquito patrols, 22 Halifaxes and 15 Lancasters minelaying off Denmark, 2 aircraft on Resistance operations. 2 Halifaxes and 2 Lancasters lost from the minelaying operation.

16 October 1944

9 Mosquitos of No 100 Group dispatched, 5 on Ranger patrols and 4 on anti-minesweeper operations off Denmark where mines were laid the previous night; they attacked 2 coastal vessels with cannon-fire. No aircraft lost.

16/17 October 1944

39 Mosquitos dispatched to Cologne without loss.

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