The 218 Sqdn left from Marham at 1942-06-28 at 23:55. Loc or duty Bremen

On Sunday 28 June 1942, a member of the 218 Sqdn, Pilot Officer H M Simon, took off from Marham 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 23:55.

He flew with a Short Stirling (type I, serial DJ974, code HA-T).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

Lieutenant General Dwight D Eisenhower assumes command of ETOUSA, succeeding Major General James E Chaney.

Campaign report of the RAF:

27/28 June 1942

Bremen

144 aircraft - 55 Wellingtons, 39 Halifaxes, 26 Stirlings, 24 Lancasters. 9 aircraft - 4 Wellingtons, 2 Halifaxes, 2 Lancasters, 1 Stirling - lost.
119 aircraft bombed blindly through cloud after obtaining Gee fixes. Bomber Command believed the results were successful. Bremen records that two of the large firms hit in the recent 'Thousand' raid - the Atlas Werke and the Korff refinery - were damaged again, as well as several smaller firms and dockside warehouses. A hospital and an unrecorded number of houses were also hit. 7 people were killed and 80 injured.

Minor Operations: 15 aircraft mine1aying off St Nazaire and Verdon, 6 Halifaxes on leaflet flights. No losses.

28/29 June 1942

Minor Operations 14 aircraft to St Nazaire, 4 Lancasters minelaying in the River Gironde, 1 Stirling on leaflet flight. 1 Stirling on the St Nazaire raid was lost.

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