The 61 Sqdn left from Woolfox Lodge at 1942-02-01 at 18:45. Loc or duty Brest
He flew with a Avro Manchester (type I, serial L7472, code QR-).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
No report
Campaign report of the RAF:
31 January/1 February 1942
Brest
72 aircraft. 3 Manchesters and 2 Hampdens lost. The 3 Manchesters lost were all from 61 Squadron, which sent only 9 aircraft on the raid.
Minor Operations: 31 aircraft to St Nazaire, 14 aircraft to Le Havre, 13 aircraft on leaflet flights to France. No losses.
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