The 207 Sqdn left from Bottesford at 1942-08-17 at 21:00. Loc or duty Gardening

On Monday 17 August 1942, a member of the 207 Sqdn, Flight Sergeant J A McLean, took off from Bottesford 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 21:00.

He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type I, serial R5616, code EM-J).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

(8th Air Force): Mission 1: 12 of 12 B-17s bomb Rouen/Sotteville marshalling yard in France at 1739-1746 hours; they claim 0-0-1 Luftwaffe aircraft; 2 B-17s are damaged. 6 B-17s also fly a diversion without loss; escort is provided by RAF Spitfires.

Campaign report of the RAF:

16/17 August 1942

Minelaying: 56 aircraft to the Frisian Islands. 2 Lancasters lost.

17 August 1942

1 Mosquito bombed the Kiel area and returned safely

17/18 August 1942

Osnabrück

139 aircraft of 5 types. 5 aircraft - 3 Wellingtons, 1 Lancaster, 1 Stirling - lost, 3.6 per cent of the force.
111 crews reported accurate bombing. Osnabrück recorded a sharp attack on the north and north-western parts of the town with 77 houses and 4 military buildings destroyed and 125 other buildings seriously damaged, including the town's main hospital, a paper-mill and a copper-wire factory. 7 people were killed and 15 were injured.

Minor Operations: 8 Blenheim Intruders, 4 aircraft minelaying in the Frisians and off Texel and Verdon. No aircraft lost.

The last operational flights in Bomber Command by Blenheims were carried out on this night when 18 Squadron, based at Wattisham, carried out the last Blenheim Intruder operation, attacking airfields at Leeuwarden, Rheine, Twente and Vechta.

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