He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type V, serial DK176, code MP-U).
418 aircraft - 218 Lancasters, 190 Halifaxes, 10 Mosquitos to Gelsenkirchen on an unsuccessful raid. The Oboe equipment failed to operate in 5 of the Mosquitos and a 6th Mosquito dropped skymarkers in error 10 miles north of the target. 12 aircraft - 7 Halifaxes and 5 Lancasters - lost, 2.9 per cent of the force.
4 Mosquitos to Nordstern, 18 aircraft minelaying in the Frisians and off Texel. No losses.
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