The 9 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1943-05-21 at an unknown time
He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type III, serial ED489, code WS-B).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
20 May 1943 (Eighth Air Force): The 524th, 525th, 526th and 527th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 379th Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrive at Kimbolton, England from the US with B-17F's. They will fly their first mission on 29 May 43.
21 May 1943 (Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command Mission Number 60: 98 B-17's are dispatched against the U-boat yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany; 77 hit the target at 1244-1245 hours local; we claim 47-5-17 Luftwaffe aircraft; we lose 7 B-17's with another 24 damaged; casualties are 1 KIA, 9 WIA and 60 MIA. A second, smaller strike of 63 B-17's is dispatched against the U-boat yards at Emden, Germany; 46 bomb the target at 1244-1246 hours local; we claim 31-6-6 Luftwaffe aircraft; we lose 5 B-17's with 2 others damaged beyond repair and 9 others damaged; casualties are 2 KIA, 5 WIA and 50 MIA. At Wilhelmshaven German fighters are reported firing rockets. VIII Fighter Command Field Order Number 105: 105 P-47's are dispatched on a fighter sweep in the Ostend/Ghent area; they claim 0-0-1 Luftwaffe aircraft; we lose 3 and all pilots are listed as MIA. HQ 379th Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrives at Kimbolton, England from the US.
Campaign report of the RAF:
20/21 May 1943
3 Mosquitos to Berlin, 23 aircraft minelaying in southern Biscay, 5 OTU sorties. No losses.
21 May 1943
4 Mosquitos bombed a railway target at Orleans; 1 aircraft lost. 12 Mitchells to Abbeville airfield were recalled.
21/22 May 1943
Minelaying: 104 aircraft - 64 Wellingtons, 36 Stirlings, 4 Lancasters - carried out extensive minelaying in the Frisians and the River Gironde, and off La Pallice. 3 Wellingtons and 1 Stirling lost. 4 Mosquitos attacked Berlin without loss.
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