The 75 Sqdn left from Newmarket Heath at 1943-01-23 at an unknown time
He flew with a Short Stirling (type I, serial BF397, code -).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
(Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command Mission 30: The 1st Bombardment Wing dispatches 73 B-17s against the port area of Lorient, France; 35 aircraft hit the primary target between 1348 and 1351 hours local and drop 86 tons on the target. We claim 7 enemy aircraft destroyed, 5 probably destroyed and 4 damaged; five B-17s are lost and one aircraft is declared damaged beyond repair upon returning to England; human casualties are 1 KIA, 19 WIA and 50 MIA. Nineteen B-17s hit the secondary target, the U-Boat base at Brest at 1413 hours; they drop 45.25 tons of bombs on the target and claim one enemy aircraft damaged; no B-17s are lost and only two are WIA. The 2d Bombardment Wing dispatches 17 B-24s on a diversionary raid. Four Spitfire Mk Vs of the 4th Fighter Group fly uneventful ship protection patrols.
Campaign report of the RAF:
22/23 January 1943
2 Mosquitos attacked Cologne without loss. This was the first Oboe attack on Cologne and the damage reported (55 houses damaged, 5 people killed and 22 injured) show that a few aircraft using modern aids could sometimes cause as much damage as the forces of up to 100 bombers which had often been sent to Cologne in marginal weather conditions in 1941 and 1942.
23 January 1943
6 Wellingtons of No 6 Group on a cloud-cover raid to a target near Wilhelmshaven; all found somewhere to bomb without loss. 4 Mosquitos bombed Osnabrück railway yards; 1 Mosquito lost.
23/24 January 1943
121 aircraft - 75 Halifaxes, 33 Stirlings, 8 Lancasters, 5 Wellingtons - ordered to Lorient and claimed successful bombing of the target area in good visibility. 1 Stirling lost.
Düsseldor was raided by f80 Lancasters and 3 Mosquitos of Nos 1, 5 and 8 Groups which bombed through complete cloud cover. 2 Lancasters lost.
4 OTU Whitleys dropped leaflets on French towns without loss.
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