He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type II, serial JN921, code NF-B).
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS
(Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command Mission 124. Three targets in Germany are hit without loss. Poor weather restricts operations.
1. 53 of 59 B-17's bomb the Wesel industrial area at 1124-1125 hours; 4 B-17's are damaged; casualties are 1 KIA and 2 WIA.
2. 60 B-17's are dispatched to the industrial area at Duren; 37 hit the primary target at 1114 hours and 20 hit Randerath, the secondary target, at 1114-1125 hours; 2 B-17's are damaged.
3. 2 of 3 B-17 pathfinders escort the B-17's dispatched to Duren but an Oboe PFF failure resulted in the bombs being widely scattered.
The bombers are escorted by 283 P-47's; they claim 1-0-0 Luftwaffe aircraft; 6 P-47's are lost; casualties are 6 MIA. HQ 20th Combat Bombardment Wing (Heavy) transfers from Hethel to Hardwick, England.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS
(Ninth Air Force): 200+ B-26's dispatched to attack airfields at Montdidier and Meulan-Les Mureaux, France are forced to abort the mission because of bad weather. The B-26's are escorted by 54 P-38's and 49 P-47's of the Eighth Air Force; 2 P-38's are lost.
19 Mosquitos to Bochum, Duisburg and Düsseldorf, 16 Wellingtons minelaying off Texel, Brest, Lorient and St Nazaire, 8 OTU sorties. No aircraft lost.
6 Mosquitos to Essen, 35 aircraft minelaying off the French coast from Brest to southern Biscay, 7 OTU sorties. 1 Stirling minelayer lost.
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