The 158 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1945-03-29 at an unknown time. Loc or duty ?

On Thursday 29 March 1945, a member of the 158 Sqdn, an unknown crew member, 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 NP996 , code NP-).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

(Ninth Air Force): All combat operations cancelled because of weather except for 2 fighters of the IX Tactical Air Command which patrol the US Third Army front.

Campaign report of the RAF:

29 March 1945

130 Lancasters of No 3 Group carried out a G-H raid on the Hermann Goering benzol plant at Salzgitter. No results were seen through the cloud. No aircraft were lost.

29/30 March 1945

48 Mosquitos to Berlin, 7 to Harburg and 3 each to Bremen and Hannover. No aircraft lost.

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