The 77 Sqdn left from Elvington at 1943-05-26 at 23:14

On Wednesday 26 May 1943, a member of the 77 Sqdn, Sergeant S J Wilson, took off from Elvington 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 23:14.

He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type II, serial DT736, code M).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

No report

Campaign report of the RAF:

25/26 May 1943

Düsseldorf: 759 aircraft - 323 Lancasters, 169 Halifaxes, 142 Wellingtons, 113 Stirlings, 12 Mosquitos. 27 aircraft - 9 Lancasters, 8 Stirlings, 6 Wellingtons, 4 Halifaxes - lost, 3.6 per cent of the force. This raid was a failure. There were two layers of cloud over the target and the Pathfinders experienced great difficulty in marking it. It is believed that the Germans were also operating decoy markers and fire sites. The result was that the Main Force bombing was scattered over a wide area.

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