He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type I, serial R5741, code DF-K).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

Campaign report of the RAF:

1/2 September 1942

Saarbrücken

231 aircraft of 5 types. 4 aircraft - 1 Halifax, 1 Lancaster, 1 Stirling, 1 Wellington - lost, 1.7 per cent of the force.

The Pathfinders illuminated and marked a town which they believed to be Saarbrücken and the Main Force bombed accurately. A total of 205 aircraft claimed good bombing results. But the town bombed was Saarlouis, 13 miles to the north-west and situated in a similar bend of the River Saar. The small, non-industrial town of Saarlouis and the villages immediately surrounding were heavily damaged. The exact extent of this damage was not recorded but 52 civilians were killed. No bombs fell in Saarbrücken.

2 September 1942

8 Bostons in low-level pairs to Holland and Belgium and 6 Mosquitos individually to Germany, Targets at Ghent, Ijmuiden, Sluiskil, Cologne, Essen and Osnabrück all attacked. No aircraft lost.

2/3 September 1942

Karlsruhe

200 aircraft of 5 types with 4 Group Halifaxes now back on major operations. 8 aircraft - 4 Wellingtons, 2 Lancasters, 1 Halifax, 1 Stirling - lost, 4.0 per cent of the force.

The Pathfinders were accurate and this was a successful raid. An estimated 200 fires were seen burning at the same time. Reconnaissance photographs showed much residential and some industrial damage. A very short report from Karlsruhe says only that 73 people were killed and that 3 public buildings in the city centre were hit.

3 aircraft minelaying in the Frisians without loss.

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