He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type III, serial ND975, code -).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS

(Eighth Air Force): Mission 449: 323 bombers (78 B-17s and 245 B-24s) and 166 P-51s are dispatched to bomb 14 V-weapon sites in N France but are recalled because of clouds; the recall messages by mistake are not sent to 3 squadrons; 2 of these abort on a decision of the squadron leaders; the other continues on the mission and 9 B-24s bomb a V-weapon site at Mont Louis Ferme; 1 B-24 is lost and 10 are damaged; 1 airman is WIA and 9 MIA; 124 P-51s, relieved of escort duty by the recall of the bombers, claim 5-0-5 Luftwaffe aircraft, 1 P-51 is lost.

82 fighters of a force of 97 P-38s, 169 P-47s and 99 P-51s attack rail and road targets in N France; they claim 3-0-3 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 P-47 is lost and 2 damaged beyond repair; 2 pilots are KIA and 2 MIA.

18 B-24s participate in CARPETBAGGER missions in France.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS

(Ninth Air Force): IX Air Defense Command is activated in Hampstead Borouth, England by the Ninth Air Force to provide air defense behind the advancing Allied ground forces in N Europe; Commanding General is Brigadier General William L Richardson.

In France, weather prevents operations by IX Bomber Command; 47 fighters escort troop carriers and fly sweeps in the Vire area where about 20 fighters bomb tactical targets; HQ 100th Fighter Wing moves from Lashenden, England to Criqueville; and HQ 363d Fighter Group moves from Staplehurst, England to Maupertus; during Jul, HQ IX Fighter Command from Middle Wallop, England to Les Obeaux; and HQ XIX Tactical Air Command from Aldermaston Court, England to France.

Campaign report of the RAF:

30 June/1 July 1944

118 Lancasters of No 1 Group attacked railway yards at the small town of Vierzon, south of Orléans and bombed with great accuracy, a success for No 1 Group's own marking flight. 11 Lancasters were lost, nearly 12 per cent of the force.

40 Mosquitos to Homberg oil plant, 6 RCM sorties, 29 Mosquitos on fighter patrols, 6 Stirlings minelaying in the River Scheldt. 1 Mosquito lost from the Homberg raid.

1 July 1944

307 Halifaxes of Nos 4 and No 6 Groups with 15 Mosquitos and 6 Lancasters of the Pathfinders attacked 2 flying bomb launching sites and a stores site. All targets were completely or almost completely cloud-covered; bombing was on Oboe markers and no results could be seen. 1 Halifax of No 4 Group was lost from the raid on the St Martin l'Hortier site.

2 Mosquitos carried out uneventful Ranger patrols to airfields in Northern Holland.

1/2 July 1944

6 Mosquitos to Scholven/Buer and 4 to Homberg - both targets were oil plants - 6 Lancasters minelaying off Horn's Reef, 2 Mosquitos on flying-bomb patrols. No aircraft lost.

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