The 161 Sqdn left from Tempsford at 1943-07-23 at 23:42. Loc or duty SOE

On Friday 23 July 1943, a member of the 161 Sqdn, Flight Sergeant L M Lavallee, took off from Tempsford in the United Kingdom. His mission is mentioned elsewhere on WW2 History Europe. 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 23:42.

He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type V, serial DK119, code MA-U).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

22 July 1943 (Eighth Air Force): The results of the first phase of the Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO) are good according to a report of the British Joint Intelligence Commit- tee. The report maintains the CBO has caused Germany to adopt a defensive air strategy resulting in more than half its fighter strength being employed on the Western Front at the expense of the Eastern and Mediter- ranean Fronts as well as causing considerable damage to transportation, the synthetic rubber industry, and the fuel, iron, and coal industries of the Ruhr.

Campaign report of the RAF:

23/24 July 1945

7 OTU Wellingtons dropped leaflets over France without loss.

With thanks to the RAF and USAAF.net!

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