The 424 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1943-05-02 at an unknown time
He flew with a Vickers Wellington (type X, serial HE692, code QB-).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
No report
Campaign report of the RAF:
1/2 May 1943
Minelaying: 18 Wellingtons and 12 Stirlings laid mines off the Brittany and Biscay coasts. 1 Stirling lost.
2 May 1943
12 Bostons and 12 Venturas attacked a steelworks at Ijmuiden; the Venturas hit the target but not the Bostons. 7 Mosquitos bombed railway workshops at Thionville. No aircraft lost.
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