He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type II, serial JD412, code DY-X).
ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE
(AAF Antisubmarine Command): HQ 479th Antisubmarine Group and it's 4th and 19th Antisubmarine Squadrons (Heavy) transfer with B-24's from St Eval to Dunkeswell, England.
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS
(Eighth Air Force):: The 352d Fighter Squadron, 353d Fighter Group, transfers from Goxhill to Raydon, England with P-47's. The squadron will fly it's first combat mission on Monday and will remain at this station until Apr 44.
5 Mosquitos, out of 8 dispatched, bombed Duisburg and Düsseldorf without loss.
8 Mosquitos to Cologne and Duisburg, 20 Stirlings and 14 Wellingtons minelaying south of Texel and off Brest and the Biscay ports, 13 OTU sorties. 2 Stirling minelayers were lost.
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