The 101 Sqdn left from Bourn at 1942-07-09 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Wilhelmshaven

On Thursday 09 July 1942, a member of the 101 Sqdn, Pilot Officer J R Tregea, took off from Bourn 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 Vickers Wellington (type III, serial X3634, code SR-).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

(8th Air Force): 7 P-38s arrive in the UK via the N Atlantic route, this being the first time single-seater USAAF aircraft have flown this route.

Campaign report of the RAF:

8/9 July 1942

Wilhelmshaven

285 aircraft - 137 Wellingtons, 52 Lancasters, 38 Halifaxes, 34 Stirlings, 24 Hampdens - to attack the dock areas. 5 aircraft - 3 Wellingtons, 1 Halifax, 1 Lancaster - lost.

Photographs showed that most of the bombing fell in open country west of the target. Wilhelmshaven reports damage to housing and a variety of other premises. 25 people were killed and 170 injured.

5 Halifaxes made leaflet flights to France without loss.

9 July 1942

1 Mosquito to Wilhelmshaven bombed through cloud. The local diary has no entry.

9/10 July 1942

Minelaying: 59 aircraft to Heligoland and the Frisian Islands. 1 Wellington lost.

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