The unit an unknown left from Lakenheath at 1944-03-12 at 19:11. Loc or duty Gardening

On Sunday 12 March 1944, a member of the unit an unknown, Flight Sergeant K F Allen, took off from Lakenheath 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 19:11.

He flew with a Short Stirling (type III, serial LJ480, code EX-S).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS

(Eighth Air Force): Mission 256: 46 of 52 B-24s dispatched hit a V-weapon site at St Pol/Siracourt, France and 6 hit targets of opportunity, all using blind-bombing techniques; 1 B-24 is lost and 26 damaged; casualties are 1 WIA.

788th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 467th Bombardment Group (Heavy), arrives at Rackheath, England from the US with B-24s; first mission is 10 Apr.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS

(Ninth Air Force): HQ 474th Fighter Group and 428th, 429th and 430th Fighter Squadrons arrive at Moreton, England from the US with P-38s; first mission is 25 Apr.

Campaign report of the RAF:

Day Operations, 1-16 March 1944

On 5 days during this period, 2 Bomber Command Oboe Mosquitos acted as 'formation leaders' for bomber units of the Second Tactical Air Force attacking flying-bomb sites. The formation bombed as soon as it saw the bombs of the Oboe Mosquito being released. There were no losses from the 10 Bomber Command sorties flown in this period.

11/12 March 1944

47 Mosquitos to 6 German cities, with the largest raid being by 20 aircraft to Hamburg, 4 Serrate patrols, 43 aircraft minelaying in the Frisians and off Brest and Biscay ports, 22 aircraft on Resistance operations, 21 OTU sorties. 1 Stirling minelayer lost.

12/13 March 1944

14 Mosquitos, 11 to Aachen and 3 to Duisburg; none lost.

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