The 57 Sqdn left from Syerston at 1943-04-03 at 20:07
He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type I, serial W4257, code DX-).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
(Eighth Air Force): HQ, 78th Fighter Group transfers from Goxhill, England to Duxford, England.
Campaign report of the RAF:
2/3 April 1943
55 mixed aircraft to St Nazaire and 47 to Lorient in the last raids on these French ports. Bomber Command was released from the obligation to bomb these targets 3 days later. 1 Lancaster was lost from the St Nazaire raid.
33 aircraft laid mines off the southern part of the Biscay coast. 1 Lancaster lost.
3 April 1943
12 Venturas bombed shipping at Brest and 8 Mosquitos attacked railway targets in Belgium and France. 1 Mosquito lost.
3/4 April 1943
Essen. 348 aircraft - 225 Lancasters, 113 Halifaxes, 10 Mosquitos; this was the first raid in which more than 200 Lancasters had taken part. 12 Halifaxes and 9 Lancasters lost - 6.0 per cent of the force - and 2 further Halifaxes crashed in England. The weather forecast was not entirely favourable for this raid and the Pathfinders prepared a plan both for skymarking and ground-marking the target and the Main Force crews were somewhat confused to find two kinds of marking taking place. The resultant bombing, however, was accurate and a higher proportion of aircraft produced good bombing photographs than on any of the earlier successful raids on Essen. Local reports showed that there was widespread damage in the centre and in the western half of Essen.
16 Wellingtons minelaying off Brittany ports, 9 OTU sorties. 1 minelaying aircraft lost.
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