The 18 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1942-05-09 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training

On Saturday 09 May 1942, a member of the 18 Sqdn, Flight Lieutenant G R Hall, 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 Bristol Blenheim (type IV, serial V6523, code WV-).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

No report

Campaign report of the RAF:

8/9 May 1942

Warnemünde

193 aircraft - 98 Wellingtons, 27 Stirlings, 21 Lancasters, 19 Halifaxes, 19 Hampdens, 9 Manchesters - to the town and the nearby Heinkel aircraft factory. 19 aircraft - 8 Wellingtons, 4 Lancasters, 3 Hampdens, 2 Halifaxes, 1 Manchester, 1 Stirling - lost.
No details are available from Warnemünde but Bomber Command's own records say 'the attack was only moderately successful'.

Minor Operations: 3 Blenheim Intruders to Leeuwarden, 3 aircraft minelaying off Heligoland. No losses.

9 May 1942

12 Bostons to an oil depot at Bruges and railway yards at Hazebrouck. Only 'near misses' could be achieved at both targets. No Bostons lost.

9/10 May 1942

Minelaying: 20 aircraft to Danish coasts, Kiel and the German Bight. No losses.

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