The 214 Sqdn left from Stradishall at 1942-06-04 at 23:30. Loc or duty Bremen
He flew with a Short Stirling (type I, serial R9317, code BU-U).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
(8th Air Force): A HQ AAF schedule, with tables of composition and strength, indicating a total of 3,649 aircraft, is set up for the AAF in the UK.
Campaign report of the RAF:
3/4 June 1942
Bremen
170 aircraft of all standard types were dispatched on the first large raid to Bremen since October 1941. 11 aircraft - 4 Wellingtons, 2 Halifaxes, 2 Lancasters, 2 Stirlings, 1 Manchester - lost.
Crews reported only indifferent bombing results but Bremen recorded this as a heavy attack, the results of which exceeded all previous raids. Housing areas were heavily hit with 6 streets affected by serious fires. Damage to the U-boat construction yards and the Focke-Wulf factory is described as 'of no importance' but there were hits in the harbour area which damaged a pier, some warehouses and the destroyer Z-25. With 83 people dead, 29 seriously and 229 slightly injured, this would turn out to be Bremen's third heaviest casualty toll in the war.
Minor Operations: 4 Wellingtons to Dieppe, 9 Blenheim Intruders to airfields, 7 aircraft minelaying in the River Gironde and off St Nazaire, 5 aircraft on leaflet flights to France. No losses.
4 June 1942
12 Bostons to Boulogne and Dunkirk docks with accurate bombing at both targets. 1 Boston lost.
4/5 June 1942
Minor Operations: 20 aircraft to Dieppe, 13 Blenheims to Schiphol airfield, 2 aircraft on leaflet flights to France. No aircraft lost.
This night represents the exact mid-point of the war between Britain and Germany but, for Bomber Command, 82 per cent of its sorties, 77 per cent of its aircraft losses and 94 per cent of its bomb tonnage were still to come.
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