The 61 Sqdn left from Syerston at 1943-08-08 at 21:02. Loc or duty Milano
He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type III, serial LM339, code QR-).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
(Eighth Air Force):: VIII Air Support Command Mission 15: 36 B-26's are dispatched to Poix/Nord Airfield, France but the forma- tion is turned back by weather.
Campaign report of the RAF:
7/8 August 1943
In response to urgent political orders, 197 Lancasters were dispatched to attack Genoa, Milan and Turin. It is believed that every aircraft reached the target area; 195 crews returned and reported bombing; 2 aircraft were lost. Group Captain JH Searby, of 83 Squadron, acted as Master Bomber for the bombing at Turin but with only limited success. This was a trial in preparation for the role he would play in the raid on Peenemünde later in the month. The only report available from Italy says that 20 people were killed and 79 were injured in Turin.
4 Mosquitos bombed Cologne and 1 bombed Düsseldorf. No losses.
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