The 180 Sqdn left from Foulsham at 1943-05-31 at 16:30
He flew with a B-25 Mitchell (type II, serial FL198, code EV-).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
No report
Campaign report of the RAF:
30/31 May 1943
27 aircraft minelaying off Biscay ports, 14 OTU sorties. No losses.
31 May 1943
Last No 2 Group Raids
The squadrons of No 2 Group dispatched 54 aircraft on 5 raids on this, the last day before the group left Bomber Command.
30 Venturas were dispatched: 12 to attack Zeebrugge power-station, 12 to Caen airfield and 6 to Cherbourg docks. 12 Mitchells bombed a shipyard at Flushing. All of these raids were successful. The only casualty was a Mitchell of 180 Squadron which ditched in the sea; 3 of its crew were picked up safely, but Flight Sergeant AW Wood, the New Zealand wireless operator/air gunner, died - the last casualty suffered by No 2 Group with Bomber Command. 12 Bostons sent to attack a power-station in France were not able to reach their target.
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