The 12 Sqdn left from Binbrook at 1942-09-03 at 22:52. Loc or duty Karlsruhe

On Thursday 03 September 1942, a member of the 12 Sqdn, Flight Sergeant F E Monckton, took off from Binbrook 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 22:52.

He flew with a Vickers Wellington (type II, serial Z8529, code PH-U).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

(8th Air Force): The 352d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 301st Bombardment Group (Heavy), moves from Podington to Chelveston, England with B-17s (first mission is tomorrow). 

Campaign report of the RAF:

2/3 September 1942

Karlsruhe

200 aircraft of 5 types with 4 Group Halifaxes now back on major operations. 8 aircraft - 4 Wellingtons, 2 Lancasters, 1 Halifax, 1 Stirling - lost, 4.0 per cent of the force.

The Pathfinders were accurate and this was a successful raid. An estimated 200 fires were seen burning at the same time. Reconnaissance photographs showed much residential and some industrial damage. A very short report from Karlsruhe says only that 73 people were killed and that 3 public buildings in the city centre were hit.

3 aircraft minelaying in the Frisians without loss.

3/4 September 1942

Emden

11 aircraft - 7 Wellingtons, 3 Stirlings, 1 Halifax - dispatched but could only bomb through cloud on dead-reckoning positions. 2 Wellingtons lost.

With thanks to the RAF and USAAF.net!

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