The 50 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1942-01-21 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training

On Wednesday 21 January 1942, a member of the 50 Sqdn, Sergeant R G Heron, 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 Handley Page Hampden (type I, serial AE381, code VN-).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

No report

Campaign report of the RAF:

20/21 January 1942

Emden

20 Wellingtons and 5 Hampdens. 3 Wellingtons and 1 Hampden lost.

21/22 January 1942

Bremen

54 aircraft; only 28 claimed to have bombed the primary target. 2 Hampdens and 1 Wellington lost.

Emden

38 aircraft. 3 Hampdens and 1 Whitley lost.

Minor Operations: 7 Wellingtons to Boulogne, 8 Wellingtons attacking airfields in Holland, 1 Hampden minelaying in the Frisians, 9 Hampdens and 3 Manchesters on leaflet flights to France. No losses.

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