The 77 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1943-12-09 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training

On Thursday 09 December 1943, a member of the 77 Sqdn, Flight Sergeant R R J Simpson, 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 V, serial LL122, code KN-Y).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

10 December 1943

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS

(Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command Mission 150: 1 B-17 is dispatched on an OBOE test flight but turns back due to an oxygen leak; two 2,000 pound (907 kg) bombs and a Photoflash are jettisoned off the French coast. In the second part of this mission, 6 of 6 B-17's drop 1.2 million leaflets on Rouen, Paris, Caen and Amiens, France and Ghent, Belgium at 2026-2102 hours. No losses. HQ 2d Bombardment Division transfers from Horsham St Faith to Ketteringham Hall, England.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS

(Ninth Air Force): 20 German aircraft attack 4 Ninth Air Force airfields in the UK (Gosfield, Andrews Field, Earls Colne, and Great Dunmow), killing 8 and wounding 20+ men. HQ 434th Troop Carrier Group and it's 71st, 72d, 73d and 74th transfer from Fulbeck to Welford Park, England with C-47's.

Campaign report of the RAF:

9/10 December 1943

3 Wellingtons flew RCM sorties without loss.

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