On Tuesday 11 May 1943, a member of the 149 Sqdn, Pilot Officer K J Bettles, took off from Lakenheath in the United Kingdom. His mission is mentioned elsewhere on WW2 History Europe. 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 15:10. He flew with a Short Stirling (type III, serial BK812, code OJ-).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
(Eighth Air Force): HQ 94th Bombardment Group (Heavy) and it's 331st, 332d, 333d and 410th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) with B-17F's, arrive at Earls Colne, England from the US. The group will fly it's first combat mission on Thursday. The 334th, 335th, 336th and 412th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 95th Bombardment Group (Heavy), with B-17F's, arrive at Framlingham, England from the US. The squadrons will fly their first combat mission on Thursday.
Campaign report of the RAF:
11 May 1943
6 Mitchells to a railway target at Boulogne were recalled.
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