The 52 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1940-03-11 at an unknown time. Loc or duty ?

He flew with a Fairey Battle (type -, serial K9396, code -).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

Campaign report of the RAF:

March

Following a German attack on British warships in Scapa Flow during the night of 17/18 March, when 1 civilian was killed and 7 injured, a reprisal raid was ordered against German seaplane bases for the night of 19/20 March. Such was the concern that civilian casualties were to be avoided (still a major consideration when any bombing operations were planned) that the remote base at Hörnum of the island of Sylt was chosen. 30 Whitleys and 20 Hampdens were allocated 6 hours to carry out the attack (the bomber stream was a thing of the future) and over 40 crews claimed to have hit the target and only 1 Whitley was lost. Photographic evidence of the target, although not obtained until 6th April, showed otherwise.

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