The 161 Sqdn left from Tempsford at 1942-05-29 at an unknown time. Loc or duty SOE

On Friday 29 May 1942, a member of the 161 Sqdn, Pilot Officer A J Mott, took off from Tempsford 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 Westland Lysander (type IIIA, serial V9595, code MA-V).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

No report

Campaign report of the RAF:

29/30 May 1942

Paris/Gennevilliers

77 aircraft - 31 Wellingtons, 20 Halifaxes, 14 Lancasters, 9 Stirlings, 3 Hampdens - to the Gnome & Rhone factory, 4 Wellingtons and 1 Halifax lost.
Later photographic cover showed little or no damage to the factory, A local report says that 38 houses were destroyed and 49 damaged, with 34 French people being killed and 167 injured.

Minor Operations: 31 aircraft to Cherbourg, 17 aircraft to Dieppe. 21 aircraft minelaying in the Frisians and off Copenhagen, 3 aircraft on leaflet flights to France, 1 Stirling minelayer lost.

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