The 90 Sqdn left from Wratting Common at 1943-09-24 at 19:01. Loc or duty Mannheim

On Friday 24 September 1943, a member of the 90 Sqdn, Flight Sergeant R Brown, 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 19:01.

He flew with a Short Stirling (type III, serial EF458, code XY-Y).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

(Eighth Air Force):: VIII Air Support Command Missions 69 & 70: 2 airfields in France are targeted. 1. 71 of 72 B-26's hit Evreux/Fauville Airfield at 1150 hours; they claim 0-1-0 Luftwaffe aircraft; 4 B-26's are damaged. 2. 66 of 72 B-26's hit Beauvais/Tille Airfield at 1602-1603 hours; they claim 1-0-0 Luftwaffe aircraft; 17 B-26's are damaged. HQ 20th Combat Bombardment Wing (Heavy) transfers from Horsham St Faith to Hethel, England.

HQ 386th Bombardment Group (Medium) and it's 552d, 553d, 554th and 555th Bombardment Squadrons (Medium) transfer from Boxted to Great Dunmow, England with B-26's.

Campaign report of the RAF:

23/24 September 1943

Manheim: 628 aircraft - 312 Lancasters, 193 Halifaxes, 115 Stirlings, 8 Mosquitos. 5 B- 17s also took part. 32 aircraft - 18 Lancasters, 7 Halifaxes, 7 Wellingtons - lost, 5.1 per cent of the force. The Pathfinder plan worked well and concentrated bombing fell on the intended area, although later stages of the raid crept back across the northern edge of Ludwigshafen and out into the open country.

21 Lancasters and 8 Mosquitos of No 8 Group carried out a diversionary raid on Darmstadt without loss. The diversionary purpose of this raid was not achieved because Darmstadt was too close to Mannheim and the German night fighters could see the main attack only 20 miles away quite clearly. But the small force of bombers caused much damage in this university town which had little industry and which had not been seriously bombed before.

6 Mosquitos to Aachen, 28 OTU sorties. 1 OTU Wellington lost.

24/25 September 1943

4 Mosquitos to Duisburg, 39 aircraft minelaying in the Frisians and south of Texel, 2 OTU sorties. 1 Stirling minelayer lost.

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