The 7 Sqdn left from Oakington at 1943-03-28 at 19:38
He flew with a Short Stirling (type I, serial R9255, code MG-G).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
(Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command Mission No. 47: 79 B-17's and 24 B-24's are dispatched against the Rouen-Sotteville, France marshalling yard. The B-24's are recalled at 1245 due to bad weather; 70 B-17s drop 209 tons of bombs on the target at 1249-1250 hours. We claim 5-4-1; we lose 1 B-17 and 9 others are damaged; casualties are 2 WIA and 10 MIA.
Campaign report of the RAF:
27/28 March 1943
Berlin
Failed raid on Berlin by 396 aircraft - 191 Lancasters, 124 Halifaxes, 81 Stirlings. The bombing force approached the target from the south-west and the Pathfinders established two separate marking areas, but both well short of the city. No bombing photographs were plotted within 5 miles of the aiming point in the centre of Berlin and most of the bombing fell from 7 to 17 miles short of the aiming point. A most interesting story concerns a secret Luftwaffe stores depot in the woods at Teltow, 11 miles south-west of the centre of Berlin. By chance, this was in the middle of the main concentration of bombs and a large quantity of valuable radio, radar and other technical stores was destroyed. The Luftwaffe decided that this depot was the true target for the RAF raid on this night and were full of admiration for the special unit which had found and bombed it so accurately. The Gestapo investigated houses near by because someone reported that light signals had been flashed to the bombers. 9 aircraft - 4 Halifaxes, 3 Lancasters, 2 Stirlings - lost, 2.3 per cent of the force.
24 aircraft minelaying in the Frisians and off Texel, 4 OTU sorties. No losses.
Total effort for the night: 424 sorties, 9 aircraft (2.1 per cent) lost.
28 March 1943
24 Venturas, escorted by fighters, bombed Rotterdam docks and hit at least 6 ships and started a fire in a dockside warehouse. No Venturas were lost.
6 Mosquitos were dispatched to attack a railway yard near Liege but 2 aircraft were shot down and the remaining 4 bombed an alternative target.
28/29 March 1943
St Nazaire attacked by 323 aircraft - 179 Wellingtons, 52 Halifaxes, 50 Lancasters, 35 Stirlings, 7 Mosquitos - with most of th bombs falling on the port area. 1 Halifax and 1 Lancaster lost.
7 aircraft minelaying off St Nazaire, 5 OTU sorties. No losses.
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