The 149 Sqdn left from Lakenheath at 1942-05-07 at 22:20. Loc or duty Stuttgart

On Thursday 07 May 1942, a member of the 149 Sqdn, Flight Sergeant Spencer, took off from Lakenheath in the United Kingdom. His mission is mentioned elsewhere on Back to Normandy. You can find the other details of this mission by searching here. Training and cargo flights are not separately mentioned as a mission. The plane left at 22:20.

He flew with a Short Stirling (type I, serial DJ972, code OJ-T).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

No report

Campaign report of the RAF:

6/7 May 1942

Stuttgart

97 aircraft - 55 Wellingtons, 15 Stirlings, 10 Hampdens, 10 Lancasters, 7 Halifaxes - the city and the Bosch factory. 5 Wellingtons and 1 Halifax lost.
This third raid on Stuttgart was another failure, with crews again blaming ground haze for their inability to identify the city. Stuttgart's records show that no bombs fell in the city, though a few fell in woods to the west. The Lauffen decoy may have been responsible for a raid which developed on the large town of Heilbronn, only 5 miles from the decoy fire site but 20 miles from Stuttgart. More than 150 buildings were hit in Heilbronn and 7 people died there.

Minor Operations: 19 aircraft to Nantes, 4 Blenheim Intruders, 9 aircraft on leaflet flights to France. 1 Intruder lost.

7 May 1942

12 Bostons to Ostend power-station and Zeebrugge coke ovens; direct hits were scored at Zeebrugge, near misses at Ostend. No Bostons lost.

7/8 May 1942

Minelaying: 81 aircraft of 3 and 5 Groups to Copenhagen, the Great Belt, Kiel and Heligoland. 1 Hampden and 1 Wellington lost.

Minor Operations: 5 aircraft to St Nazaire, 1 Halifax on leaflet flight to France. No losses.

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