The 619 Sqdn left from Woodhall Spa at 1943-10-02 at 18:25. Loc or duty Hagen

He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type III, serial EE110, code PG-U).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

(Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command Mission 106: 349 B-17's are dispatched to the industrial area of Emden, Germany; led by 2 B-17 pathfinders, 339 hit the target at 1557-1603 hours; they claim 15-6-12 Luftwaffe aircraft; 2 B-17's are lost and 34 damaged; casualties are 2 WIA and 21 MIA. The B-17's are escorted by 227 P-47's who claim 5-3-1 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 P-47 is damaged. In addition to the above, 21 B-24's are dispatched to Woensdrecht Airfield, The Netherlands; the target is obscured by clouds and the mission is aborted.

VIII Air Support Command Mission 75: 72 B-26's are dispatched to the St Omer/Longuenesse Airfield in France; because of cloud cover, only 6 hit the target at 1715 hours; the remainder refrain from bombing because the target is in occupied territory; 12 B-26's are damaged; casualties are 1 KIA and 4 WIA. VIII Bomber Command Mission 107: 2 B-17's join the Royal Air Force (RAF) in a night mission to Munich; no losses or casualties.

Campaign report of the RAF:

2/3 October 1943

294 Lancasters of 1, 5 and No 8 Groups and 2 B-17s - to Munich. 8 Lancasters lost, 2.7 per cent of the force. Visibility over the target was clear but the initial marking was scattered. Heavy bombing developed over the southern and south-eastern districts of Munich but later stages of the raid fell up to 15 miles back along the approach route. Most of this inaccurate bombing was carried out by No 5 Group aircraft, which were again attempting their 'time-and-distance' bombing method independently of the Pathfinder marking. The No 5 Group crews were not able to pick out the Wurmsee lake, which was the starting point for their timed run.

8 Mosquitos to Cologne and Gelsenkirchen, 117 aircraft minelaying at various places from Lorient to Heligoland, 21 OTU sorties. 1 Halifax minelayer lost.

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