The 15 Sqdn left from Wyton at 1942-05-09 at 22:16. Loc or duty Warnemunde
He flew with a Short Stirling (type I, serial W7528, code LS-G).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
No report
Campaign report of the RAF:
8/9 May 1942
Warnemünde
193 aircraft - 98 Wellingtons, 27 Stirlings, 21 Lancasters, 19 Halifaxes, 19 Hampdens, 9 Manchesters - to the town and the nearby Heinkel aircraft factory. 19 aircraft - 8 Wellingtons, 4 Lancasters, 3 Hampdens, 2 Halifaxes, 1 Manchester, 1 Stirling - lost.
No details are available from Warnemünde but Bomber Command's own records say 'the attack was only moderately successful'.
Minor Operations: 3 Blenheim Intruders to Leeuwarden, 3 aircraft minelaying off Heligoland. No losses.
9 May 1942
12 Bostons to an oil depot at Bruges and railway yards at Hazebrouck. Only 'near misses' could be achieved at both targets. No Bostons lost.
9/10 May 1942
Minelaying: 20 aircraft to Danish coasts, Kiel and the German Bight. No losses.
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