The 627 Sqdn left from Oakington at 1944-02-02 at 18:13. Loc or duty Berlin
He flew with a de Havilland Mosquito (type IV, serial DZ551, code AZ-E).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
1 February 1944
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS
(Eighth Air Force): Transfers in England: 363d Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group from Raydon to Leiston with P-51s (first mission is 11 Feb); 752d, 753, 754th and 755th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy, 458th Bombardment Group (Heavy) from US to Horsham St Faith with B-24s (first mission is 24 Feb).
Transfers in England during Feb 44: HQ 95th Combat Bombardment Wing (Heavy) from Attlebridge to Ketteringham; HQ 491st Bombardment Group (Heavy) to North Pickenham.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS
(Ninth Air Force): Colonel Clarence E Crumrine temporarily takes command of the XIX Air Support Command, replacing Major General Elwood R Quesada. The latter assumes command of the IX Air Support Command which assumes control of all fighter and reconnaissance units of the IX Fighter Command.
Transfers in England: HQ IX Air Support Command from Aldermaston Court to Middle Wallop; HQ XIX Air Support Command from Middle Wallop to Aldermaston Court; HQ 416th Bombardment Group (Light) and 669th, 670th and 671st Bombardment Squadrons (Light) from the US to Wethersfield with A-20s (first mission is 3 Mar); 30th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, III Reconnaissance Command, from the US to Chalgrove with F-5s (first mission is 25 Feb); 366th Fighter Squadron, 58th Fighter Group, from Leiston to Raydon with P-47s.
Transfers in UK during Feb 44: HQ 438th Troop Carrier Group and 87th, 88th, 89th and 90th Troop Carrier Squadrons from the US with C-47s.
2 February 1944
Marshall Josef V Stalin agrees to provide 6 bases for US aircraft in the USSR.
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS
(Eighth Air Force): Mission 205: 95 of 110 B-24s hit V-weapon construction sites at St Pol/Siracourt and Watten, France; 2 B-24s are lost, 1 is damaged beyond repair and 2 damaged; casualties are 10 KIA and 19 MIA. 183 P-47s escort the B-24s without loss. 364th Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group, transfers from Raydon to Leiston, England with P-51s; first mission is 11 Feb.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS
(Ninth Air Force): 36 B-26s attack Triqueville Airfield, France. Eighth Air Force escorts are 34 P-38s and 44 P-47s. No losses. Transfers in England: 365th Fighter Squadron, 358th Fighter Group from Leiston to Raydon with P-47s; 381st Fighter Squadron, 363d Fighter Group, from Keevil to Rivenhall with P-51s, first mission is 24 Feb; 668th Bombardment Squadron (Light), 416th Bombardment Group (Light), from the US to Wethersfield with A-20s, first mission is 3 Mar.
Campaign report of the RAF:
1/2 February 1944
12 Mosquitos to Berlin. 3 to Aachen and 3 to Krefeld. 3 Serrate patrols. 1 Mosquito lost on the Berlin raid.
2/3 February 1944
7 Mosquitos to Rheinhausen and 6 to Elberfeld, 2 RCM sorties, 5 Serrate patrols, 50 Halifaxes minelaying in Kiel Bay. The Kiel Bay mining operation was a ploy to draw up German fighters, even though no major bombing raid was planned. No aircraft were lost from these operations.
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