He flew with a Handley Page Hampden (type I, serial AD868, code KM-).
December
Operations continued at a very slow pace. The highest number of sorties for a single night during December was 251 during7th/8th December when Aachen and Brest were the two main objectives. The Brest attack marked the operational debut of Oboe when Stirlings from Nos 7 and 15 Squadrons used the device on this raid. The remaining days and nights passed fairly quietly, but Brest was the recipient of repeated attacks, and on the 18th, a daylight raid reported that, at long last, the Gneisenau, still harboured in the port, was hit during an attack by 47 aircraft. No 2 Group's Blenheims, joined by Hampdens from No 5 Group, took part in the first combined operation of the war. While a force of Commandos was landed on the island of Vaagsö off the Norwegian coast, the Blenheims made diversionary attacks on shipping off the coast and enemy-held airfields. The Hampdens meanwhile, attempted to lay down a smoke-screen for the landing and bomb gun positions. Although the raid was deemed a success, 8 aircraft of the 29 despatched were lost (27.5%). The Blenheims also undertook a new kind of operation - night intruder attacks - on German airfields before the end of the month, successfully striking Soesterberg airfield in Holland with bombs and attacking 2 German bombers in the air with guns. The final bombing raids of note were made during the night of 28th/29th December when 217 sorties were flown with Wilhelmshaven, Hüls and Emden the main targets.
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