The 169 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1944-08-20 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training

On Sunday 20 August 1944, a member of the 169 Sqdn, Flight Sergeant T M V Blurr, took off from an unknown RAF station 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 de Havilland Mosquito (type VI, serial NT148, code VI-).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

(Ninth Air Force): In France, 61 B-26s bomb troop and equipment concentrations waiting at Foret de la Lande to be ferried across the Seine River; fighters fly armed reconnaissance along the Seine River, support ground troops in the battle area, and fly an escort mission to 100+ C-47s on a supply and evacuation run; HQ 71st Fighter Wing moves from Ecrammeville to Rennes; the 14th Liaison Squadron, XIX Tactical Air Command (attached to Third Army), moves from La Bozoge to Dampierre with L-5s; the 410th, 411th and 412th Fighter Squadrons, 373d Fighter Group, moves from Tour-en-Bassin to St-James with P-47s; and the 584th and 585th Bombardment Squadrons (Medium), 394th Bombardment Group (Medium), move from Holmsley, England to Tour-en- Bassin with B-26s.

Campaign report of the RAF:

20 August 1944

3 Mosquitos on Ranger patrols and 1 Wellington on 'signals watch'. No aircraft lost.

20/21 August 1944

7 aircraft minelaying off La Pallice without loss.

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