The 214 Sqdn left from Stradishall at 1942-06-18 at 23:06. Loc or duty St-Nazaire

On Thursday 18 June 1942, a member of the 214 Sqdn, Sergeant T E L Palmer, 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 23:06.

He flew with a Short Stirling (type I, serial N3768, code BU-E).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

(8th Air Force): HQ 8th Air Force opens in London with Major General Carl Spaatz commanding. The British Air Ministry publishes a tentative list of 87 airfields to be made ready for the 8th Air Force.

Campaign report of the RAF:

17/18 June 1942

Minor Operations: 27 Stirlings and Wellingtons to St Nazaire but only 6 aircraft bombed, in poor weather, 46 aircraft minelaying off St Nazaire and in the Frisians, 2 Stirlings on leaflet flights. No losses.

18 June 1942

3 Mosquitos to Bremen and Bremerhaven but the only places bombed were Wilhelmshaven and the island of Langeoog. No aircraft lost.

18/19 June 1942

Minelaying: 65 aircraft to Lorient and the Frisian Islands. 1 Hampden lost.

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