The 103 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1942-07-28 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training

On Tuesday 28 July 1942, a member of the 103 Sqdn, Flight Sergeant F L Harnett, 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 Halifax (type III, serial W1218, code PM-).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

(8th Air Force): HQ VIII Fighter Command opens at Bushey Hall, England following move from temporary HQ at High Wycombe. Brigadier General Frank O'D Hunter, designated Commanding General VIII Fighter Command on 14 May in the US, assumes command in England. HQ VIII Ground Air Support Command, Brigadier General Robert C Candee, Commanding General, arrives at Bushy Park, England from the US. General Candee announces staff assignments and begins the organization of his command in the UK.

Campaign report of the RAF:

28 July 1942

6 Mosquitos on cloud-cover raids to widely separated targets. 5 aircraft bombed; 1 lost.

28/29 July 1942

Hamburg

256 aircraft - 165 from 3 Group and 91 OTU aircraft - dispatched. A much larger force had been detailed for this raid but bad weather over the bases of 1, 4 and 5 Groups prevented their participation. The force which took off comprised 161 Wellingtons, 71 Stirlings and 24 Whitleys. The weather worsened and the OTU aircraft were recalled, although 3 of them went on to bomb Hamburg. The remaining bomber force became very scattered; many more aircraft turned back and only 68 bombed in the target area. Hamburg suffered 13 people killed and 48 injured with 56 fires, 15 of them large.
Bomber casualties were heavy. 16 Wellingtons and 9 Stirlings were lost from 3 Group, 15.2 per cent of those dispatched by the group. 4 OTU Wellingtons were lost and a Whitley crashed in the sea.

30 Bostons and 13 Blenheim Intruders were dispatched. 2 Bostons and 1 Blenheim lost.

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