The 76 Sqdn left from Middleton St George at 1942-07-20 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Vegesack

On Monday 20 July 1942, a member of the 76 Sqdn, Flight Sergeant W L Belous, took off from Middleton St George 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 an unknown time .

He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type II, serial W7670, code MP-B).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

No report

Campaign report of the RAF:

19/20 July 1942

Vegesack

99 4-engined aircraft - 40 Halifaxes, 31 Stirlings, 28 Lancasters. 3 Halifaxes lost.

The force had orders to bomb the Vulkan U-boat yard visually or, if that was not possible, to bomb the town by Gee. The target area was found to be cloud- covered and all the aircraft bombed by Gee. Later photographs showed that no bombs fell in Vegesack. A report from Bremen, a few miles up river from Vegesack, describes how 2 storehouses of military equipment were bombed and completely burnt out. Further damage in Bremen included a wooden-hutted military camp. The number of casualties is not mentioned.

19 Wellingtons were minelaying off Lorient, St Nazaire and La Pallice. 1 aircraft lost.

20 July 1942

12 Wellingtons on a cloud-cover raid to Bremen; only 3 aircraft bombed scattered locations. 4 Bostons bombed targets at Lille. No aircraft lost.

20/21 July 1942

1 Stirling on a leaflet flight to Belgium returned safely.

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