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The 10 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1942-04-30 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Transit

1942-04-30 · Unknown location · United Kingdom

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On Thursday 30 April 1942, a member of the 10 Sqdn, Flight Lieutenant A E Hacking, took off from an unknown RAF station 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 W1054, code ZA-H).

Campaign report of the USAAF:


No report

Campaign report of the RAF:


29/30 April 1942

Paris/Gennevilliers

88 aircraft - 73 Wellingtons, 9 Hampdens, 6 Stirlings - to the Gnome & Rhone aero-engine factory. 3 Wellingtons lost.
The main factory was not hit but other industrial buildings in the nearby Port de Paris on the Seine were. The local report says that 1 industrial building was destroyed and 3 more damaged with no casualties being suffered by French people.

Minor Operations: 20 aircraft to Ostend, 6 Blenheim Intruders, 5 Manchesters minelaying off Kiel and the Danish coast. 1 Wellington and 1 Whitley from the 'freshmen' raid on Ostend and 1 minelaying Manchester were lost.

30 April 1942

24 Bostons on escorted raids to Le Havre and Flushing docks, Abbeville railway yards and Morlaix airfield. All targets were bombed without loss.


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