The 139 Sqdn left from Marham at 1943-04-11 at 19:45

On Sunday 11 April 1943, a member of the 139 Sqdn, Flying Officer G Pounder, took off from Marham 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 19:45.

He flew with a de Havilland Mosquito (type IV, serial DZ470, code XD-N).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

No report

Campaign report of the RAF:

10/11 April 1943

502 aircraft - 144 Wellingtons, 136 Lancasters, 124 Halifaxes, 98 Stirlings - raided Frankfurt. Complete cloud cover in the target area again led to a failure. The bombing photographs of every aircraft showed nothing but cloud and Bomber Command had no idea where bombs had fallen. Frankfurt reports only a few in the suburbs of the city south of the River Main. 21 aircraft - 8 Wellingtons, 5 Lancasters, 5 Stirlings, 3 Halifaxes - lost, 4.2 per cent of the force.

7 Stirlings minelaying in the Frisians, 4 OTU sorties. No losses.

11 April 1943

8 Mosquitos bombed an engineering factory at Hengelo and railway workshops at Malines. 2 Mosquitos lost.

11/12 April 1943

Minelaying: 46 aircraft were sent to lay mines off Texel, Brittany and the Biscay ports. 1 Stirling and 1 Wellington lost.

With thanks to the RAF and USAAF.net!

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