The 61 Sqdn left from Woolfox Lodge at 1942-02-17 at 19:10. Loc or duty Gardening
He flew with a Avro Manchester (type I, serial L7433, code QR-).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
No report
Campaign report of the RAF:
16/17 February 1942
37 Hampdens and 12 Manchesters to the Frisian Islands. 1 Hampden and 1 Manchester lost.
Minor Operations: 28 Wellingtons on roving commissions to Northern Germany, 5 Blenheim Intruders over Dutch airfields, 22 aircraft on leaflet flights to France and Belgium. No losses.
17 February 1942
5 Bostons on an uneventful shipping search off the Dutch coast.
17/18 February 1942
10 Wellingtons and 3 Stirlings to Emden, Hamburg, Kassel and Aachen; visibility was poor and most bombing results were unobserved. Leaflet flights were carried out to Oslo by 1 Whitley and to France by 3 Hampdens. No aircraft were lost on this night.
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