The 109 Sqdn left from Marham at 1943-11-10 at 17:45. Loc or duty Bochum

On Wednesday 10 November 1943, a member of the 109 Sqdn, Pilot Officer J Henderson, took off from Marham 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 17:45.

He flew with a de Havilland Mosquito (type IV, serial DZ492, code HS-).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS

(Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command Mission 126: 5 B-17's drop 1 million leaflets over Paris, Rennes, Le Mans and Rouen, France at 2020-2051 hours.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS

(Ninth Air Force): Around 60 B-26's bomb Chievres airfield, Belgium. In France, bad weather causes the force sent to bomb Lille/Vendeville airfield to abandon their mission, though a few bombers manage to bomb other targets in the area; a force of 72 B-26's dispatched to attack Montdidier airfield suffers numerous aborts due to weather; 6 bombers manage to bomb the airfield believed to be the secondary target of Amiens/Glisy.

Campaign report of the RAF:

9/10 November 1943

18 Oboe Mosquitos bombed blast furnaces at Bochum and a steelworks at Duisburg. No aircraft lost.

10/11 November 1943

313 Lancasters of 5 and No 8 Groups to attack the railway yards at Modane on the main line between France and Italy. The Pathfinder marking, in difficult conditions, was slightly beyond the target but 200 aircraft brought back photographs to show that their bombs fell within 1 mile of the target and the railway system was seriously damaged.

2 Mosquitos to Dortmund, 7 Stirlings minelaying in the River Gironde and off La Pallice, 20 OTU flights. No aircraft were lost from the 342 sorties flown on this night.

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