He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type -, serial W1144, code MP-Q).
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS
(Eighth Air Force): 3 missions are flown: Mission 605: 739 bombers and 315 fighters are dispatched to SE Germany; 6 bombers are lost; during the missions, a P-51 shoots down a Swiss Bf 109 near Dubendorf. 1. 203 of 218 B-17s attack a Stuttgart aero engine plant and targets of opportunity (4); 2 B-17s are lost and 109 damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 5 WIA and 18 MIA. Escort is provided by 147 of 160 P-51s; they claim 19-0-0 aircraft in the air and 14-0-27 on the ground; 2 P-51s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 4 damaged; 2 pilots are MIA. 2. 277 of 303 B-17s hit a Ludwigshafen synthetic oil plant and target of opportunity (1); 2 B-17s are lost and 163 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA, 11 WIA and 18 MIA. Escort is provided by 155 P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA) and 2 damaged. 3. 183 of 218 B-24s hit Karlsruhe marshalling yard and targets of opportunity (2); 2 B-24s are lost, 4 damaged beyond repair and 78 damaged; 22 airmen are MIA. Mission 606: 143 of 143 B-17s make a visual attack on enemy positions in the Brest, France area; 2 B-17s are lost and 1 damaged; 18 airmen are MIA. Escort is provided by 21 of 22 P-51s without loss. Mission 608: 7 of 8 B-17s drop leaflets in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany during the night. 46 B-24s and 2 C-47s fly CARPETBAGGER missions during the night; 1 B-24 is lost. VIII Fighter Command fighter-bomber missions: 1. 48 P-38s and 167 P-47s attack transportation targets in W Germany and claim 0-0-2 aircraft in the air and 62-0-30 on the ground; 4 P-47s are lost (pilots MIA), 2 damaged beyond repair and 10 damaged. 2. 67 P-38s and P-47s attack 3 airfields in the Hanau/Giessen, Germany area and claim 2-0-0 aircraft in the air and 66-0-28 on the ground; 1 P-38 and 3 P-47s are lost (pilots are MIA), 1 P-47 damaged beyond repair and 1 P-38 and 3 P-47s damaged.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS
(Ninth Air Force): In France, 300+ B-26s and A-20s bomb strongpoints in the Brest area and a coastal battery at Pointe du Grand Gouin, fighters hit gun positions and other military targets in the Brest area and fly cover for 6 armored and infantry divisions; the 10th and 81st Fighter Squadrons, 50th Fighter Group, move from Meautis to Orly with P-47s; the 22d Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group, moves from Brucheville to Le Mans with P-47s; and the 394th Fighter Squadron, 367th Fighter Group, moves from Cricqueville to Peray with P-38s.
43 Mosquitos to Karlsruhe and 14 to Steenwijk airfield, 6 Serrate patrols. No losses.
348 aircraft - 313 Lancasters, 30 Mosquitos, 5 Stirlings - Nos 1, 3 and 8 Groups carried out the first of a series of heavy raids on the German positions around Le Havre which were still holding out after being bypassed by the Allied advance. This was an accurate raid in good visibility. No aircraft lost.
60 Lancasters and 6 Mosquitos of No 5 Group bombed gun positions outside Brest, whose garrison was also still holding out. No aircraft lost.
43 Mosquitos to Hannover and 12 to Steenwijk, 8 RCM sorties, 23 Mosquito patrols, 19 aircraft on Resistance operations. No aircraft lost.
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