The 218 Sqdn left from Marham at 1942-06-23 at 23:31. Loc or duty Emden
He flew with a Short Stirling (type I, serial N6078, code HA-P).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
(8th Air Force): Major General Carl Spaatz is informed that Operation ROUNDUP (plans for the invasion of Western Europe) has been put off until Spring 1943. This postponement is due to a decision to mount Operation TORCH (plan for Allied landings in North and Northwest Africa in Nov 42), which will necessitate the diversion of large numbers of aircraft earlier slated for the 8th Air Force in the UK.
Campaign report of the RAF:
22/23 June 1942
Emden
227 aircraft - 144 Wellingtons, 38 Stirlings, 26 Halifaxes, 11 Lancasters, 8 Hampdens. 6 aircraft - 4 Wellingtons, 1 Lancaster, 1 Stirling - lost.
196 crews claimed good bombing results but decoy fires are believed to have drawn off many bombs. Emden reports: 50 houses destroyed, 100 damaged, damage in the harbour (no details available), 6 people killed and 40 injured.
Minor Operations: 10 Blenheim Intruders, 2 Stirlings on leaflet flights. No losses.
23 June 1942
12 Bostons to Dunkirk docks and 6 to Morlaix airfield. Both targets were believed to have been accurately bombed. No Bostons lost.
23/24 June 1942
Minor Operations: 14 Wellingtons and Stirlings to St Nazaire but only 3 crews found and bombed the target, 52 aircraft minelaying off Lorient, Verdon and St Nazaire and in the Frisians, 1 Lancaster on a leaflet flight. 2 Wellington minelayers lost.
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