The 78 Sqdn left from Linton on Ouse at 1942-11-06 at 18:20
He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type II, serial DT525, code EY-).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
No report
Campaign report of the RAF:
6 November 1942
14 Wellingtons and 5 Lancasters on cloud-cover raids to Essen, Osnabrück and Wilhelmshaven. Only 6 aircraft bombed, through cloud, in the Osnabrück and Wilhelmshaven areas. No aircraft lost.
12 Bostons bombed an airfield near Caen without loss.
10 Venturas in fours and twos carried out low-level raids to Holland. 3 aircraft lost.
6/7 November 1942
Genoa
72 Lancasters of the Pathfinder Force and 5 Group. 2 Lancasters lost.
The attack was concentrated but most bombs fell in residential areas. No separate report for this raid is available from Genoa.
Minor Operations: 65 aircraft minelaying from Lorient to the Frisians, 4 OTU sorties, 3 Stirling minelayers lost.
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