The 57 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1942-10-05 at an unknown time
He flew with a Avro Manchester (type I, serial L7386, code DX-).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
4 October 1942 (Eighth Air Force:) The 347th Fighter Squadron, 350th Fighter Group, moves from Bushey Hall to Snailwell, England with P-39s and P-400s.
(Twelfth Air Force:) In England, HQ 319th Bombardment Group (Medium) and the 437th, 439th and 440th Bombardment Squadrons (Medium) move from Shipdham to Horsham St Faith with B-26s; the 154th Observation Squadron, 68th Observation Group, arrives at Wattisham from the US with A-20s; and the 444th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 320th Bombardment Group (Medium), arrives at Hethel from the US with B-26s.
5 October 1942 (Eighth Air Force:) HQ 82d Fighter Group and the 96th and 97th Fighter Squadrons arrive at Eglington, Co Derry, Ireland from the US with P-38s.
(Twelfth Air Force:) The 16th and 122d Observation Squadrons, 68th Observation Group, based at Langley Field, Virginia, send detachments to Wattisham, England with A-20s; and the 438th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 319th Bombardment Group (Medium), moves from Shipdham to Horsham St Faith, England with B-26s.
Campaign report of the RAF:
5 October 1942
1 Mosquito to Frankfurt bombed a town believed to be Siegen and returned safely.
5/6 October 1942
Aachen
257 aircraft - 101 Wellingtons, 74 Lancasters, 59 Halifaxes, 23 Stirlings. 10 aircraft - 5 Halifaxes, 2 Stirlings, 2 Wellingtons, 1 Lancaster - lost, 3.9 per cent of the force. A further 6 aircraft crashed in England, possibly in thunderstorms.
The weather continued to be bad over Germany. There was little Pathfinder marking at Aachen and most of the bombing fell in other areas. Aachen reports that the raid was carried out by an estimated 10 aircraft and that the centre of the attack appeared to be in the southern suburb of Burtscheid. 5 people were killed and 39 injured.
Many of the bombs intended for Aachen fell in the small Dutch town of Lutterade, 17 miles away from Aachen, and it seems that most of the Pathfinder marking was over this place. More than 800 houses were seriously damaged; 83 people were killed, 22 were injured and 3,000 were made homeless.
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