The 25 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1942-04-01 at an unknown time. Loc or duty ?

On Wednesday 01 April 1942, a member of the 25 Sqdn, Sergeant D E A Welsh, took off from an unknown RAF station in the United Kingdom. His mission is mentioned elsewhere on Back to Normandy. 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 Beaufighter (type -, serial R2056, code -).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

No report

Campaign report of the RAF:

31 March/1 April 1942

4 Wellingtons, with selected crews, to Essen but only random targets were bombed by 2 aircraft. No losses.

1 April 1942

12 Bostons to Boulogne to attack an armed cargo ship. Cloud was encountered and the dock area was bombed instead. 1 Boston lost.

1/2 April 1942

Le Havre

34 Wellingtons and 22 Hampdens. Successful bombing was claimed. 1 Wellington lost.

Hanau, Lohr

35 Wellingtons and 14 Hampdens to carry out low-level attacks on railway targets. 22 aircraft reported that they had carried out this task but 12 Wellingtons and 1 Hampden were lost. 57 Squadron, based at Feltwell, lost 5 of the 12 Wellingtons it sent on this raid and 214 Squadron, from Stradishall, lost 7 of its 14 Wellingtons.

Paris/Poissy

24 Whitleys and 17 Wellingtons to attack the Ford motor factory. Crews claimed accurate bombing but this was not confirmed by a later photographic flight. 1 Wellington lost.

Minor Operations: 3 Blenheim Intruder flights to Holland turned back, 15 aircraft minelaying off Lorient and in the mouth of the River Gironde, 5 aircraft on leaflet flights to France. No losses. This was the first night of minelaying by Wellingtons of 3 Group.

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