The 103 Sqdn left from Elsham Wolds at 1942-12-18 at 17:35

On Friday 18 December 1942, a member of the 103 Sqdn, Sergeant N Frater, took off from Elsham Wolds 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 17:35.

He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type I, serial W4786, code PM-).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

No report

Campaign report of the RAF:

17/18 December 1942

Minor Operations: 27 Lancasters of 5 Group were sent on raids to 8 small German towns and 16 Stirlings and 6 Wellingtons of 3 Group attempted to attack the Opel works at Fallersleben. This type of limited operation proved to be a costly failure. 9 of the 27 Lancasters were lost and, at Fallersleben, only 3 aircraft bombed the target, in cloud conditions, and 6 Stirlings and 2 Wellingtons were lost from this part of the night's operations. 50 aircraft were dispatched to lay mines from Denmark to southern Biscay - 1 Lancaster was lost - and there were 5 OTU sorties to France.

Total losses for the night: 18 aircraft out of 104 dispatched, 1.3 per cent.

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