The 214 Sqdn left from Tempsford at 1943-12-11 at 21:09. Loc or duty SOE

On Saturday 11 December 1943, a member of the 214 Sqdn, Flight Sergeant A Coleman, took off from Tempsford 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 21:09.

He flew with a Short Stirling (type I, serial P9289, code BU-G).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS

(Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command Mission 151: 437 of 490 B-17's and 86 of 93 B-24's hit the industrial area at Emden, Germany at 1220-1312 hours; they claim 86-22-23 Luftwaffe aircraft; 15 B-17's and 2 B-24's are lost, 1 B-17 is damaged beyond repair and 120 B-17's and 18 B-24's are damaged; casualties are 2 KIA, 20 WIA and 185 MIA.

This mission is escorted by 31 P-38's, 313 P-47's and 44 Ninth Air Force P-51's; they claim 21-0-7 Luftwaffe aircraft; 3 P-47's and 1 P-51 are lost; 1 P-47 and 1 P-51 are damaged beyond repair and 3 P-47's are damaged; casualties are 1 KIA and 4 MIA.

VIII Bomber Command Mission 152: 4 of 4 B-17's drop 800,000 leaflets on Laval, Rennes, Le Mans and Nantes, France at 2026-2039 hours; no casualties.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS

(Ninth Air Force): HQ 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group and it's 107th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron transfer from Membury to Middle Wallop, England with Spitfires and F-6's.

Campaign report of the RAF:

10/11 December 1943

25 Mosquitos to Leverkusen and 2 to Krefeld, 4 OTU sorties. No losses.

11/12 December 1943

18 Mosquitos attacked Duisburg and 1 Wellington flew an RCM sortie without loss.

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