The 90 Sqdn left from Tuddenham at 1944-05-10 at 21:57. Loc or duty SOE

On Wednesday 10 May 1944, a member of the 90 Sqdn, Flight Lieutenant L Joseph, took off from Tuddenham 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 21:57.

He flew with a Short Stirling (type III, serial EF254, code XY-Q).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS

(Eighth Air Force): A bomber mission to Germany is abandoned dur to deteriorating weather.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS

(Ninth Air Force): About 300 B-26s attack marshalling yards, airfields, and NOBALL targets in France and Belgium. P-47s and P-51s dive-bomb targets in NW Europe for the sixth straight day. Bad weather causes a large number of aborts.

Campaign report of the RAF:

Day Operations, 1-21 May 1944

On 6 days during this period, Bomber Command Oboe Mosquitos flew as 'formation leaders' in Second Tactical Air Force attacks on small targets in Northern France. There were no losses from the 12 Bomber Command sorties flown.

9/10 May 1944

414 aircraft - 206 Halifaxes, 180 Lancasters, 28 Mosquitos - attacked 7 coastal gun batteries in the Pas de Calais area. Four of the positions were claimed to have been hit. 1 Lancaster lost while bombing the Mardyck position.

56 Lancasters and 8 Mosquitos of No 5 Group attacked the Gnome & Rhone factory at Gennevilliers and another factory near by. 5 Lancasters lost.

39 Lancasters and 4 Mosquitos of No 5 Group to a small ball-bearing factory at Annecy on the France-Switzerland border. Weather en route was very bad and only 2 Mosquito marker aircraft reached the target, but the factory was accurately bombed. No aircraft lost.

30 Mosquitos to Berlin and 6 to Châteaudun, 10 RCM sorties, 11 Serrate and 24 Intruder patrols, 20 Halifaxes and 5 Stirlings minelaying off Dutch and French coasts, 43 aircraft on Resistance operations, 12 OTU sorties. 2 Stirlings and 1 Halifax on Resistance operations and 1 OTU Wellington were lost.

Total effort for the night: 682 sorties in 18 separate operations, 1O aircraft (1.5 per cent) lost.

10/11 May 1944

506 aircraft - 291 Lancasters, 187 Halifaxes, 28 Mosquitos - to bomb railway yards at Courtrai, Dieppe, Ghent, Lens and Lille. No post-raid reconnaissance was carried out at Dieppe and results of the raid there are not known. All other raids were successful, although some bombs fell on nearby civilian housing. 12 Lancasters lost from the No 5 Group raid to Lille and 1 Lancaster lost from the Dieppe raid.

29 Mosquitos to Ludwigshafen and 2 to Châteaudun, 5 RCM sorties, 9 Intruder and 3 Serrate patrols, 26 aircraft minelaying off Brest and Heligoland, 28 aircraft on Resistance operations, 10 OTU sorties. 1 Halifax minelayer lost.

Total effort for the night: 618 sorties, 14 aircraft (2.3 per cent) lost.

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