The 158 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1943-02-17 at an unknown time

On Wednesday 17 February 1943, a member of the 158 Sqdn, Sergeant C K Surgey, 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 II, serial DT640, code NP-X).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

(Eighth Air Force): The Spitfire Mk Vs of the 4th Fighter Group fly 38 uneventful sorties on patrol during the day.

Campaign report of the RAF:

16/17 February 1943

377 aircraft - 131 Lancasters, 103 Halifaxes, 99 Wellingtons, 44 Stirlings - carried out the last large raid in this series on Lorient. 363 aircraft dropped mainly incendiary loads in clear visibility. 1 Lancaster lost.

Bomber Command had flown 1,853 sorties in 8 'area' raids in response to direct instructions from the Air Ministry against Lorient. 1,675 aircraft claimed to have bombed the port during these raids, dropping nearly 4,000 tons of bombs. 24 aircraft - 1.3 per cent of those dispatched - were lost. Few records are available from Lorient but it is known that the town was now almost completely ruined and deserted.

32 aircraft minelaying off Brest and St Nazaire, 4 OTU sorties. No losses.

Total effort for the night: 413 sorties, 1 aircraft (0.2 per cent) lost.

17 February 1943

12 Venturas to Dunkirk but the target was not reached, 6 Wellingtons on cloud-cover raids to Emden which was bombed by 3 aircraft. There were no losses.

17/18 February 1943

2 Mosquitos to Bochum and Hamborn, 12 Stirlings minelaying in southern Biscay. No aircraft lost.

With thanks to the RAF and USAAF.net!

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