The 15 Sqdn left from Wyton at 1942-07-20 at 23:40. Loc or duty Vegesack
He flew with a Short Stirling (type I, serial R9308, code LS-P).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
No report
Campaign report of the RAF:
19/20 July 1942
Vegesack
99 4-engined aircraft - 40 Halifaxes, 31 Stirlings, 28 Lancasters. 3 Halifaxes lost.
The force had orders to bomb the Vulkan U-boat yard visually or, if that was not possible, to bomb the town by Gee. The target area was found to be cloud- covered and all the aircraft bombed by Gee. Later photographs showed that no bombs fell in Vegesack. A report from Bremen, a few miles up river from Vegesack, describes how 2 storehouses of military equipment were bombed and completely burnt out. Further damage in Bremen included a wooden-hutted military camp. The number of casualties is not mentioned.
19 Wellingtons were minelaying off Lorient, St Nazaire and La Pallice. 1 aircraft lost.
20 July 1942
12 Wellingtons on a cloud-cover raid to Bremen; only 3 aircraft bombed scattered locations. 4 Bostons bombed targets at Lille. No aircraft lost.
20/21 July 1942
1 Stirling on a leaflet flight to Belgium returned safely.
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