He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type I, serial R5541, code OF-).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

Campaign report of the RAF:

29/30 April 1942

Paris/Gennevilliers

88 aircraft - 73 Wellingtons, 9 Hampdens, 6 Stirlings - to the Gnome & Rhone aero-engine factory. 3 Wellingtons lost.
The main factory was not hit but other industrial buildings in the nearby Port de Paris on the Seine were. The local report says that 1 industrial building was destroyed and 3 more damaged with no casualties being suffered by French people.

Minor Operations: 20 aircraft to Ostend, 6 Blenheim Intruders, 5 Manchesters minelaying off Kiel and the Danish coast. 1 Wellington and 1 Whitley from the 'freshmen' raid on Ostend and 1 minelaying Manchester were lost.

30 April 1942

24 Bostons on escorted raids to Le Havre and Flushing docks, Abbeville railway yards and Morlaix airfield. All targets were bombed without loss.

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