The 158 Sqdn left from East Moor at 1942-10-14 at 18:29
He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type II, serial W7766, code NP-H).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
(Eighth Air Force:) HQ 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) and the 322d, 323d, 324th and 401st Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) move from Kimbolton to Bassingbourn, England with B-17s (first mission is 7 Nov).
Campaign report of the RAF:
13/14 October 1942
Kiel
288 aircraft - 100 Wellingtons, 82 Lancasters, 78 Halifaxes, 28 Stirlings. 8 aircraft - 5 Wellingtons, 1 each of other types - lost, 2.8 per cent of the force.
A decoy fire site was operating and at least half of the bombing was drawn away into open countryside, but the rest of the attack fell on Kiel and its immediate surroundings. Casualties were 41 killed and 101 injured.
Some of the bomber force attacked Hamburg, either as an alternative target or in error. 2 large fires were started; 8 people were killed and 43 injured.
14/15 October 1942
5 Wellingtons minelaying in the Frisian Islands without loss.
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