The 199 Sqdn left from North Creake at 1944-09-26 at 19:02. Loc or duty BS
He flew with a Short Stirling (type III, serial LJ518, code EX-K).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS
(Eighth Air Force): Mission 648: 1,159 bombers and 432 fighters are dispatched to hit rail targets and armored vehicle factories in W Germany; 9 bombers and 2 fighters are lost:
1. 422 B-17s are dispatched to hit the marshalling yard and steel industry at Osnabruck (383); other targets hit are Rheine Airfield (10), Hesepe Airfield (3) and others (4): 2 B-17s are lost and 101 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA, 2 WIA and 18 MIA.
Escort is provided by 134 of 144 P-51s; they claim 2-0-3 aircraft on the ground; 1 P-51 is damaged beyond repair.
2. 274 of 317 hit the marshalling yard at Hamm and 1 hits Liesborn; 3 B-24s are lost and 53 damaged; 31 airmen are MIA.
Escort is provided by 138 of 146 P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA).
3. 420 B-17s are dispatched to hit armored vehicle factories at Bremen (381); other targets hit are Bremerhaven (13) and other (1); 4 B-17s are lost and 208 damaged; 10 airmen are WIA and 21 MIA.
Escort is provided by 133 of 142 P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA) and 2 damaged beyond repair.
Mission 649: 3 B-24s and 6 B-17s drop leaflets in France, the Netherlands and Germany during the night.
320 P-38s, P-47s and P-51s (P-38s from Ninth Air Force) support the First Allied Airborne Army in the Netherlands; they claim 32-1-8 aircraft in the air; 1 P-38 is lost (pilot MIA), 1 P-47 is damaged beyond repair and 5 P-47s and 4 P-51s are damaged.
165 B-24s fly a TRUCKIN' mission carrying fuel to France.
HQ 361st Fighter Group moves from Bottisham to Little Walden, England.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS
(Ninth Air Force): No bomber missions are flown.
In Germany, IX Tactical Air Command supports the US First Army in the Bonn area and cuts rail lines W of the Rhine River; XIX Tactical Air Command hits fortifications near Metz.
In Belgium, HQ 370th Fighter Group and the 402d and 485th Fighter Squadrons move from Roye/Amy, France to Florennes/Juxaine with P-38s.
In France, the 23d Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group, moves from Le Mans to Athis with P-47s; the 404th Fighter Squadron, 371st Fighter Group, moves from Perthes to Dole/Tavaux with P-47s; the 646th Bombardment Squadron (Light), 410th Bombardment Group (Light), moves from Gosfield, England to Coulommiers with A-20s.
(USSTAF): HQ USSTAF moves from Bushy Park, England to St-Germain-en-Laye, France.
Campaign report of the RAF:
26 September 1944
722 aircraft - 388 Lancasters, 289 Halifaxes, 45 Mosquitos - carried out 2 separate raids in the Calais area. 531 aircraft were dispatched to 4 targets at Cap Gris Nez and 191 aircraft to 3 targets near Calais. Accurate and concentrated bombing was observed at all targets. 2 Lancasters lost.
5 RCM sorties, 2 Ranger patrols, 5 Hudsons on Resistance operations, 74 Halifaxes on petrol-carrying flights. No aircraft lost.
Total effort for the day: 808 sorties, 2 aircraft (0.2 per cent) lost.
26/27 September 1944
226 Lancasters and 11 Mosquitos of Nos 1 and No 5 Groups to Karlsruhe. 2 Lancasters lost. Bomber Command claimed a concentrated attack, with a large area of the city devastated.
50 Mosquitos to Frankfurt and 6 to Hamburg, 26 RCM sorties. Mosquito patrols. No aircraft lost.
With thanks to the RAF and USAAF.net!
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