The 214 Sqdn left from Stradishall at 1942-06-12 at 23:00. Loc or duty Gardening

On Friday 12 June 1942, a member of the 214 Sqdn, Flight Sergeant C L Honeychurch, took off from Stradishall 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 23:00.

He flew with a Short Stirling (type I, serial R9326, code BU-G).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

(8th Air Force): Another contingent of personnel for HQ 8th Air Force and subordinate commands arrive in the UK. Units arriving in England from the US: HQ 60th Transport Group at Chelveston; 309th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, at High Ercall (first mission is 17 Aug); 341st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 97th Bombardment Group (Heavy), at Polebrook with B-17s (first mission is 17 Aug).

Campaign report of the RAF:

11/12 June 1942

Minelaying: 91 aircraft to the Frisian Islands and off Swinemünde. 4 aircraft - 2 Lancasters, 1 Stirling, 1 Wellington - lost.

12 June 1942

4 Wellingtons to Essen. 2 aircraft bombed there. No aircraft lost.

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