The 77 Sqdn left from Chivenor at 1942-07-04 at an unknown time. Loc or duty ?

On Saturday 04 July 1942, a member of the 77 Sqdn, Leading Aircraftman W Hanson, took off from Chivenor in the United Kingdom. His mission is mentioned elsewhere on Back to Normandy. You can find the other details of this mission by searching here. Training and cargo flights are not separately mentioned as a mission. The plane left at an unknown time .

He flew with a unknown aircraft (type unknown, serial -, code -).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

(8th Air Force): First USAAF air operation over W Europe. 15th Bombardment Squadron (Light) flying 6 American-built Bostons belonging to No. 226 Squadron Royal Air Force, join a RAF low-level attack on De Koog (2 aircraft), Bergen/Alkamaar, Haanstede and Valkenberg (2 aircraft) Airfields in the Netherlands; 2 aircraft are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 1 damaged; 6 airmen are MIA. Aircraft flown by Captain Charles C Kegelman, Squadron Commander, is severely damaged, but Kegelman succeeds in bringing it back to base at Swanton Morley. VIII Air Force Composite Command is activated in the US. Second B-17 arrives in the UK via the N Atlantic ferry route.

Campaign report of the RAF:

3/4 July 1942

6 Lancasters minelaying in the Great Belt; 2 aircraft lost.

4 July 1942

12 Bostons were dispatched in 4 flights of 3 aircraft each, in low-level attacks on 4 Dutch airfields: De Kooy, Bergen, Haamstede and Valkenburg. As it was American Independence Day, 6 of the planes were crewed by members of the Eighth Air Force. Intense light Flak was encountered at the Dutch coast and at the targets and 3 Bostons were shot down, all of the aircraft lost being crewed by Americans.

With thanks to the RAF and USAAF.net!

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