The unit an unknown left from Ossington at 1942-05-08 at an unknown time. Loc or duty ?
He flew with a Oxford (type -, serial B211, code -).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
No report
Campaign report of the RAF:
8 May 1942
6 Bostons to Dieppe port and railway yards; none were lost.
8/9 May 1942
Warnemünde
193 aircraft - 98 Wellingtons, 27 Stirlings, 21 Lancasters, 19 Halifaxes, 19 Hampdens, 9 Manchesters - to the town and the nearby Heinkel aircraft factory. 19 aircraft - 8 Wellingtons, 4 Lancasters, 3 Hampdens, 2 Halifaxes, 1 Manchester, 1 Stirling - lost.
No details are available from Warnemünde but Bomber Command's own records say 'the attack was only moderately successful'.
Minor Operations: 3 Blenheim Intruders to Leeuwarden, 3 aircraft minelaying off Heligoland. No losses.
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