The 419 Sqdn left from Mildenhall at 1942-07-14 at 00:58. Loc or duty Duisburg

On Tuesday 14 July 1942, a member of the 419 Sqdn, Flight Sergeant W L Maxim, took off from Mildenhall 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 00:58.

He flew with a Vickers Wellington (type III, serial X3416, code VR-J).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

No report

Campaign report of the RAF:

13/14 July 1942

Duisburg

194 aircraft - 139 Wellingtons, 33 Halifaxes, 13 Lancasters, 9 Stirlings - on the first of a series of raids on this industrial city on the edge of the Ruhr. 6 aircraft - 3 Wellingtons, 2 Stirlings, 1 Lancaster - were lost and 4 more aircraft crashed in tons England.
The force encountered cloud and electrical storms and reported that their bombing was well scattered. Duisburg reports only housing damage - 11 houses destroyed, 18 seriously damaged - and 17 people killed.

Minor Operations: 10 Blenheim Intruders, 6 aircraft on leaflet flights. 1 Intruder lost.

14/15 July 1942

Minelaying: 52 aircraft to Lorient, St Nazaire, Verdon, the Frisians and the River Elbe. No aircraft were lost.

4 aircraft made leaflet flights to France without loss.

With thanks to the RAF and USAAF.net!

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