The 149 Sqdn left from Lakenheath at 1942-06-06 at 23:15. Loc or duty Essen

On Saturday 06 June 1942, a member of the 149 Sqdn, Pilot Officer P L Clayton, 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 23:15.

He flew with a Short Stirling (type I, serial W7508, code OJ-D).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

No report

Campaign report of the RAF:

5/6 June 1942

Essen

180 aircraft - 98 Wellingtons, 33 Halifaxes, 25 Stirlings, 13 Lancasters, 11 Hampdens. 12 aircraft - 8 Wellingtons, 2 Stirlings, 1 Halifax, 1 Lancaster -lost.
This was another failure, with bombing being scattered over a wide area. Essen suffered minor property damage, 10 people killed and 68 injured.

Minor Operations: 15 aircraft minelaying to the Frisians and Quiberon Bay, 3 aircraft on leaflet flights to France. No losses.

6 June 1942

11 Bostons to Fécamp harbour turned back.

6/7 June 1942

Emden

233 aircraft - 124 Wellingtons, 40 Stirlings, 27 Halifaxes, 20 Lancasters, 15 Hampdens, 7 Manchesters - on the first large raid on this target since November 1941. 9 aircraft - 3 Manchesters, 3 Wellingtons, 2 Stirlings, 1 Halifax - lost.
Crews reported good bombing results and this was confirmed by later photographic reconnaissance. Emden reports briefly that approximately 300 houses were destroyed and 200 seriously damaged and that 17 people were killed and 49 injured. Some unspecified damage was also experienced in the docks area. 6 Blenheims on Intruder operations to airfields without loss.

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