The 15 Sqdn left from Wyton at 1942-07-26 at 23:40. Loc or duty Duisburg
He flew with a Short Stirling (type I, serial W7576, code LS-G).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
(8th Air Force): Lieutenant Colonel Albert P Clark, Executive Officer of the 31st Fighter Group, is shot down while flying an RAF fighter on a sweep over France, thus becoming the first 8th Air Force fighter pilot to be shot down in the ETO; he survives and is taken prisoner by the Germans.
Campaign report of the RAF:
25/26 July 1942
Duisburg
313 aircraft - 177 Wellingtons, 48 Stirlings, 41 Halifaxes, 33 Lancasters, 14 Hampdens. 12 aircraft - 7 Wellingtons, 2 Halifaxes, 2 Lancasters, 1 Stirling - lost.
Thick cloud covered the target area. Duisburg again reports property damage, though not as heavy as on the last two raids. 6 people were killed.
Minor Operations: 21 Blenheim Intruders, 8 aircraft minelaying off St Nazaire and Verdon, 7 Halifaxes on leaflet flights. 3 Intruders and 1 Lancaster minelayer lost.
Total effort for the night: 349 sorties, 16 aircraft (4.9 per cent) lost.
26 July 1942
3 Mosquitos to Cologne, Duisburg and Essen all reached and bombed their targets without loss
26/27 July 1942
Hamburg
403 aircraft - 181 Wellingtons, 77 Lancasters, 73 Halifaxes, 39 Stirlings, 33 Hampdens dispatched in what was probably a full 'maximum effort' for the regular Bomber Command squadrons. 29 aircraft - 15 Wellingtons, 8 Halifaxes, 2 Hampdens, 2 Lancasters, 2 Stirlings - were lost, 7.2 per cent of the force.
Crews encountered a mixture of cloud and icing at some places on the route but clear weather at the target. Good bombing results were claimed. Hamburg reports show that severe and widespread damage was caused, mostly in housing and semi-commercial districts rather than in the docks and industrial areas. At least 800 fires were dealt with, 523 being classed as large. 823 houses were destroyed and more than 5,000 damaged. More than 14,000 people were bombed out. 337 people were killed and 1,027 injured.
12 Bostons and 10 Blenheims carried out Intruder flights to airfields. 1 Boston of 226 Squadron was lost while attacking Jever; this was the first Boston Intruder casualty.
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