The 90 Sqdn left from Wratting Common at 1943-06-23 at 23:18

On Wednesday 23 June 1943, a member of the 90 Sqdn, Sergeant D C Davids, took off from Wratting Common 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 23:18.

He flew with a Short Stirling (type III, serial BK665, code WO-D).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

No report

Campaign report of the RAF:

22/23 June 1943

Mülheim: 557 aircraft - 242 Lancasters, 155 Halifaxes, 93 Stirlings, 55 Wellingtons, 12 Mosquitos.

The Pathfinders had to mark this target through a thin layer of stratus cloud but reports indicate accurate initial marking. In later stages of the raid, the Pathfinder markers and the bombing moved slightly, into the northern part of the town; this had the effect of cutting all road and telephone communications with the neighbouring town of Oberhausen, with which Mülheim was linked for air-raid purposes. Not even cyclists or motor-cyclists were able to get out of Mülheim; only messengers on foot could get through. The post-war British Bombing Survey Unit estimated that this single raid destroyed 64 per cent of the town of Mülheim.

4 Mosquitos each to Berlin and Cologne, 26 OTU sorties. 1 OTU Wellington lost.

23/24 June 1943

52 Lancasters from the force which bombed Friedrichshafen 3 nights earlier flew from North Africa, bombed La Spezia, and then flew on to England without loss. Bomber Command claimed damage to an armaments store and an oil depot at La Spezia.

3 Mosquitos each to Cologne and Duisburg, 30 aircraft minelaying off Brittany and Biscay ports. No aircraft lost.

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