The 75 Sqdn left from Mepal at 1943-10-25 at 17:44. Loc or duty Gardening

On Monday 25 October 1943, a member of the 75 Sqdn, Flight Sergeant P M East, took off from Mepal 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 17:44.

He flew with a Short Stirling (type III, serial EF142, code AA-C).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

24 October 1943 (Ninth Air Force): 200 B-26's bomb airfields at Montdidier, Beauvais/Nivillers, and Saint-Andre-de-L'Eure, France.

Campaign report of the RAF:

24/25 October 1943

13 Mosquitos to 5 targets in the Ruhr area and 6 Mosquitos to Emden, 30 Stirlings and Wellingtons minelaying in the Frisians and off Texel. No aircraft lost.

25/26 October 1943

23 Stirlings minelaying in the Kattegat without loss.

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