The 161 Sqdn left from Tempsford at 1942-09-24 at an unknown time

On Thursday 24 September 1942, a member of the 161 Sqdn, Sergeant L C G Quirke, took off from Tempsford 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 an unknown time .

He flew with a Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (type V, serial Z9131, code MA-Q).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

23 September 1942 (Twelfth Air Force:) Major General James H Doolittle assumes command of the Twelfth Air Force in Great Britain.

24 Septmber 1942 (Twelfth Air Force:) XII Ground Air Support Command is redesignated XII Air Support Command.

Campaign report of the RAF:

23/24 September 1942

During this prolonged period of bad weather, Bomber Command sent out 3 small raids without Pathfinders.

Wismar

83 Lancasters of 5 Group; 4 lost.

This was judged to be a successful attack on the Baltic coastal town and the nearby Dornier aircraft factory. Many crews came down to less than 2,000ft. Numerous fires were seen including a large one in what was believed to be the aircraft factory. Wismar reports 32 houses and 8 industrial buildings seriously damaged, 67 people killed and 109 injured.

Flensburg

28 Halifaxes of 4 Group; 5 lost. Only 16 aircraft claimed to have bombed Flensburg.

Vegesack

24 Stirlings of 3 Group; 1 lost.

25 Wellingtons and 8 Stirlings of 1 and 3 Groups minelaying at many places between Biscay and Denmark. 2 Wellingtons lost.

Total effort for the night: 168 sorties, 12 aircraft (7.1 per cent) lost.

24/25 September 1942

Minelaying: 51 aircraft to Texel, the Frisian Islands, Heligoland and the Baltic. 1 Lancaster lost.

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