He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type II, serial BB323, code VR-R).
374 aircraft - 214 Halifaxes, 76 Wellingtons, 55 Stirlings, 18 Lancasters, 11 Mosquitos ordered to Aachen. A strong tail wind brought the first waves of the Main Force into the target area before Zero Hour with the result that, when the first Pathfinder markers were released, an unusually large number of aircraft bombed in the first minutes of the raid. The visibility was good and large areas of Aachen appeared to burst into flame at once. In the words of the report from Aachen, 'A Terrorangriff[Terrorattack] of the most severe scale was delivered.' 20 aircraft - 15 Halifaxes, 2 Lancasters, 2 Wellingtons, 1 Stirling - lost, 5.3 per cent of the force.
2 Oboe Mosquitos carried out a diversion for the Aachen raid by dropping target indicators over Cologne. 8 OTU Wellingtons carried out leaflet flights to France. 1 Wellington crashed in the sea.
8 Mosquitos carried out a nuisance raid on Berlin, 1 aircraft crashed in the sea.
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