He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type III, serial MZ363, code ZL-).
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS
(Eighth Air Force): 45 P-51s in Italy during an Operation FRANTIC mission are dispatched with Fifteenth Air Force aircraft to escort a troop carrier evacuation mission.
Mission 537: 175 B-24 and 249 fighters are dispatched against fuel dumps and bridges SE of Paris; 38 hit Clamecy Bridge, 31 hit Joigny, 31 hit Pacy- sur-Armencon, 26 hit Sens, 23 hit St Florentin and 13 hit targets of opportunity; 1 B-24 is lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 19 damaged; 1 airman is WIA and 1 MIA.
Escort is provided by 238 of 249 P-51s; they claim 8-0-0 aircraft; 3 P-51s are lost.
Mission 538: 138 fighters are dispatched to hit rail targets in C and E France; 5 fighters are lost.
Mission 539: 1 of 1 B-17s drops leaflets on Brest, France.
Mission 540: 4 of 4 B-17s drop leaflets in France and Norway during the night.
583 fighters are dispatched to hit rail targets in France; they claim 19-0-8 Luftwaffe aircraft; 2 P-38s and 4 P-51s are lost.
In England, the 788th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 467th Bombardment Group (Heavy), moves from Harrington to Rackheath with B-24s; and the 856th, 857th, 858th and 859th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 492d Bombardment Group (Heavy) move from North Pickenham to Harrington with B-24s (the squadrons fly CARPETBAGGER missions until Apr 45).
TACTICAL OPERATIONS
(Ninth Air Force): In France, almost 200 B-26s and A-20s bomb rail bridges and embankments in wide areas around Paris; fighters escort bombers, support ground forces, give defensive cover, and fly armed reconnaissance in battle areas and around Amiens, Paris, Cambrai, Meaux, Dijon, and Troyes; HQ 362d Fighter Group and 379th Fighter Squadron move from Lignerolles to Rennes with P-47s; and the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron and 155th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), move from Chalgrove, England to Rennes with F-6s and A-20s, respectively.
311 aircraft- 171 Lancasters, 115 Halifaxes, 25 Mosquitos - of Nos 1, 3, 6 and 8 Groups attacked 4 launching sites and the Fort-d'Englos storage site. All targets were accurately bombed and no aircraft were lost.
176 Lancasters and 14 Mosquitos of No 1 and 5 Groups successfully attacked an oil-storage dump at Forêt De Chatellerault. 2 Lancasters lost.
3 Mosquitos to Osnabrück, 21 RCM sorties, 40 Mosquito patrols, 16 Mosquitos minelaying in the Dortmund-Ems Canal and 10 Lancasters minelaying off Biscay ports, 20 aircraft on Resistance operations, 15 OTU sorties. No aircraft lost.
98 Lancasters and 5 Mosquitos of Nos 1 and 8 Groups attacked aviation-fuel storage tanks at Dugny, near Paris. The bombing started badly but then became concentrated. No aircraft lost.
60 Lancasters of No 1 Group and 20 Pathfinder Mosquitos attempted to bomb a flying-bomb site at Ferme du Forestal but cloud caused difficulties and only 17 Mosquitos and 13 Lancasters attacked, possibly because the No 1 Group aircraft were unused to the Oboe-leader technique. No aircraft lost.
4 Wellingtons flew RCM sorties without loss.
215 aircraft - 109 Lancasters, 101 Halifaxes, 5 Mosquitos - of 5, 6 and 8 Groups attacked oil depots at Bordeaux and La Pallice successfully and without loss.
104 Halifaxes of No 4 Group and 20 Lancasters of Nos 1 and 8 Groups attacked a railway junction and the railway yards at Dijon; much damage was caused. 2 Halifaxes were lost and a further Halifax crashed or crash-landed in the liberated part of Normandy.
32 Mosquitos to Berlin, 3 Lancasters of No 8 Group to Bremen, 8 RCM sorties, 37 Mosquito patrols, 12 Lancasters minelaying off Biscay ports, 8 aircraft on Resistance operations. No aircraft lost.
The 3 Pathfinder Lancasters which bombed Bremen were the first Lancaster Mark VIs flown on operations by Bomber Command and they dropped the Command's first 10,000lb bombs.
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