He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type V, serial LL182, code MA-V).
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS
(Eighth Air Force): Mission 232: 5 B-17's drop 250 bundles of leaflets on Rennes, Le Mans, Chartres, Lille and Orleans, France at 2136-2232 hours without loss.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS
(Ninth Air Force): Nearly 200 B-26's bomb V-weapon sites in the French coastal area. 75th and 77th Troop Carrier Squadrons, 435th Troop Carrier Group, transfer from Langer to Welford Park, England with C-47's.
37 Mosquitos dispatched to 6 different targets, 3 RCM sorties, 9 aircraft minelaying off Cherbourg, Brest and Le Havre. No aircraft lost.
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