The 101 Sqdn left from Bourn at 1942-04-18 at 23:40. Loc or duty Hamburg

On Saturday 18 April 1942, a member of the 101 Sqdn, Sergeant R Cowley, took off from Bourn 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 23:40.

He flew with a Vickers Wellington (type III, serial X3356, code SR-P).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

No report

Campaign report of the RAF:

17/18 April 1942

Hamburg

173 aircraft - 134 Wellingtons, 23 Stirlings, 11 Halifaxes, 5 Manchesters. 7 Wellingtons and 1 Manchester lost.
107 crews claimed to have bombed the target but the German estimate was that no more than 50 aircraft had attacked Hamburg. There were 75 fires in Hamburg - 33 classed as large - 23 people were killed and 66 injured.

Minor Operations: 22 Whitleys to St Nazaire, 4 aircraft to Le Havre, 6 Blenheim Intruders to Holland, 9 aircraft minelaying off Heligoland. 1 Intruder and 1 minelaying Manchester lost.

Total effort for the night: 214 sorties, 10 aircraft (4.7 per cent) lost.

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