The 35 Sqdn left from Graveley at 1944-01-06 at 23:59. Loc or duty Stettin
He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type II, serial JP123, code TL-F).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS
(Eighth Air Force): Lieutenant General James H Doolittle assumes command, replacing Lieutenant General Ira C Eaker who will go to Italy as Commanding General Mediterranean Allied Air Force (MAAF). Mission 177: During the evening, 5 B-17's drop 984,000 leaflets on Amiens, Lille, Valenciennes, Cambrai and Reims, France without loss.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS
(Ninth Air Force): HQ 436th Troop Carrier Group and 79th, 80th, 81st and 82d Troop Carrier Squadrons arrive at Bottesford, England from the US with C-47's.
US STRATEGIC AIR FORCES IN EUROPE
(USSAFE): General Carl Spaatz assumes command and names Major Generals Frederick L Anderson and Hugh J Knerr as Deputy Commanding Generals for operations and administration.
Campaign report of the RAF:
5/6 January 1944
348 Lancasters and 10 Halifaxes in the first large raid on Stettin since September 1941. The Mosquito diversion at Berlin successfully kept most of the German fighters away from the main force of bombers. 16 aircraft - 14 Lancasters, 2 Halifaxes - lost, 4.5 per cent of the force.
13 Mosquitos to Berlin and 25 to four other targets, 1 Mosquito RCM sortie, 1 Beaufighter Serrate patrol, 6 Lancasters minelaying off Swinemünde. No losses.
The Beaufighter sortie on this night was the last Serrate flight by this type of aircraft; all later Serrate patrols were carried out by Mosquitos.
6/7 January 1944
Mosquitos: 16 to Duisburg, 2 to Bristillerie and 1 each to Dortmund and Solingen, 57 aircraft minelaying off Biscay ports, 10 OTU sorties. No losses.
With thanks to the RAF and USAAF.net!
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