The 49 Sqdn left from Scampton at 1942-02-15 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Mannheim

On Sunday 15 February 1942, a member of the 49 Sqdn, Sergeant Haddock, took off from Scampton 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 an unknown time .

He flew with a Handley Page Hampden (type I, serial AT112, code EA-).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

No report

Campaign report of the RAF:

14/15 February 1942

Mannheim

98 aircraft. 1 Hampden and 1 Whitley lost.
67 aircraft claimed to have bombed Mannheim in difficult conditions. The city reports only a light raid, with 2 buildings destroyed, 15 damaged, some railway damage and with 1 man wounded and 23 people bombed out.

Minor Operations: 15 aircraft to Le Havre, 1 Manchester on a leaflet flight to France. No losses.

15/16 February 1942

St Nazaire

1O Whitleys and 6 Halifaxes; only 9 aircraft bombed, in cloudy conditions. No aircraft were lost but 3 crashed in England.

With thanks to the RAF and USAAF.net!

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