The 44 Sqdn left from Waddington at 1942-08-05 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Essen
He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type I, serial R5603, code KM-D).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
(8th Air Force): VIII Fighter Command dispatches its first mission-11 Spitfire Mk Vs of the 31st Fighter Group on a practice run over France.
Campaign report of the RAF:
4/5 August 1942
Essen
38 aircraft dispatched encountered severe icing and only 18 aircraft bombed in the Essen area. 1 Lancaster lost.
45 aircraft minelaying in the Frisians and off Brest, Lorient and St Nazaire. 2 Wellingtons lost.
5 August 1942
3 Mosquitos to Germany, only 1 bombed. No aircraft lost.
5/6 August 1942
The Ruhr
25 aircraft, 17 to Essen and 8 to Bochum. The intention was to reach the target area by Gee and then to bomb visually through gaps in the cloud. Only 3 aircraft bombed at Bochum and only 1 at Essen. 5 aircraft - 3 Halifaxes, 1 Lancaster and 1 Wellington - were lost and a further aircraft crashed in England.
Minor Operations: 57 aircraft minelaying off France, Holland and Germany, 14 aircraft on leaflet flights. 1 Wellington minelayer lost.
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