He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type I, serial W4237, code WS-W).
29 September 1941 (Eighth Air Force:) US pilots who had been members of the 3 RAF Eagle Squadrons (Numbers 71, 121 and 133 Squadrons) are taken over by the VIII Fighter Command and organized into the 4th Fighter Group as the 334th, 335th and 336th Fighter Squadrons; the group HQ and all squadrons move from Bushey Hall to Debden, England with Spitfires.
30 September 1942 (Twelfth Air Force:) Brigadier General Delmar H Dunton assumes command of the XII Air Force Services Command.
14 Lancasters minelaying in the Baltic off Bornholm, Sassnitz and Swinemünde. 1 aircraft was lost.
20 Wellingtons and 5 Stirlings minelaying off Texel and in the Frisians. 1 Stirling and 1 Wellington lost.
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