The 462 Sqdn left from Driffield at 1944-10-10 at 17:30. Loc or duty Bochum

On Tuesday 10 October 1944, a member of the 462 Sqdn, Flight Sergeant P H M Levey, took off from Driffield 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 17:30.

He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type III, serial MZ400, code Z5-J).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

(Ninth Air Force): Weather cancels daytime bomber and fighter operations. IX Air Defense Command during the night of 10/11 Oct flies patrol over Belgium and W Germany.

Campaign report of the RAF:

9/10 October 1944

Bochum: 435 aircraft - 375 Halifaxes, 40 Lancasters, 20 Mosquitos - of Nos 1, 4, 6 and 8 Groups. 4 Halifaxes and 1 Lancaster lost. This raid was not successful. The target area was covered by cloud and the bombing was scattered.

47 Mosquitos to Wilhelmshaven, 5 to Krefeld, 4 to Saarbrücken and 3 to Düsseldorf, 34 RCM sorties, 57 Mosquito patrols. No aircraft lost.

10 October 1944

2 Wellingtons and 1 Liberator on RCM sorties, 2 Ranger patrols, 4 Hudsons and 3 Stirlings on Resistance operations. No aircraft lost.

10/11 October 1944

49 Mosquitos to Cologne, 6 each to Aschaffenburg and Pforzheim, 5 to Duisburg and 2 to Düsseldorf, 1 Liberator on an RCM sortie. No aircraft lost.

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