The 128 Sqdn left from Wyton at 1945-01-11 at 17:07. Loc or duty Hannover

On Thursday 11 January 1945, a member of the 128 Sqdn, Flight Lieutenant M J M Lagesse, took off from Wyton 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 17:07.

He flew with a de Havilland Mosquito (type XVI , serial PF403 , code M5-T).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS

(Eighth Air Force):: Mission 790: 2 B-17s and 4 of 6 B-24s drop leaflets in Belgium during the night.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS

(Ninth Air Force): About 120 A-20s, A-26s, and B-26s attack communications centers and rail bridges in Belgium and Germany; fighters escort the bombers, hit an ammunition dump at Mayen, Germany, and patrol areas around Malmedy, Belgium and NE of Trier, Germany.

Campaign report of the RAF:

10/11 January 1945

50 Mosquitos to Hannover and 3 each to Cologne, Koblenz, Mannheim and Wiesbaden. No aircraft lost.

11 January 1945

152 Lancasters of No 3 Group carried out a G-H raid on the railway yard in the Uerdingen suburb of Krefeld. No aircraft lost.

1 Stirling flew on a Resistance operation.

With thanks to the RAF and USAAF.net!

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