The 78 Sqdn left from Croft at 1942-02-15 at 17:53. Loc or duty Mannheim

On Sunday 15 February 1942, a member of the 78 Sqdn, Flight Sergeant Rogers, took off from Croft 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 17:53.

He flew with a Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (type V, serial Z9320, code EY-).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

No report

Campaign report of the RAF:

14/15 February 1942

Mannheim

98 aircraft. 1 Hampden and 1 Whitley lost.
67 aircraft claimed to have bombed Mannheim in difficult conditions. The city reports only a light raid, with 2 buildings destroyed, 15 damaged, some railway damage and with 1 man wounded and 23 people bombed out.

Minor Operations: 15 aircraft to Le Havre, 1 Manchester on a leaflet flight to France. No losses.

15/16 February 1942

St Nazaire

1O Whitleys and 6 Halifaxes; only 9 aircraft bombed, in cloudy conditions. No aircraft were lost but 3 crashed in England.

With thanks to the RAF and USAAF.net!

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