The 15 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1944-01-13 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training

On Thursday 13 January 1944, a member of the 15 Sqdn, Flight Sergeant W A Houston, 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 Avro Lancaster (type III, serial ED826, code LS-).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

12 January 1944 (Ninth Air Force): 389th Fighter Squadron, 366th Fighter Group, arrives at Membury, England from the US with P-47's; first mission is 14 Mar.

13 January 1944 (Ninth Air Force): 193 B-26's bomb NOBALL (V-weapon) targets in France. Fighter pilots report being tracked by AA rockets. Transfers in England: HQ 100th Fighter Wing from Greenham Common to Ibsley and HQ 368th Fighter Group and 395th, 396th and 397th Fighter Squadrons to Greenham Common from the US with P-47's; first mission is 14 Mar.

Campaign report of the RAF:

13/14 January 1944

25 Mosquitos: 12 to Essen, 9 to Duisburg, 2 to Aachen, 2 to Koblenz. 1 aircraft lost.

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