He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type O, serial L7531, code OF-).
23/24 March 1942
Minelaying: 12 Hampdens, 3 Stirlings and 2 Manchesters minelaying off Lorient without loss. This was the first time that Stirlings of 3 Group participated in the minelaying campaign.
24 March 1942
18 Bostons on escorted raids, 12 to Comines power-station and 6 to Abbeville railway yards. Bombing results were not observed. No Bostons lost.
24/25 March 1942
Minelaying: 35 aircraft of 3 and 5 Groups minelaying off Lorient. 1 Hampden and 1 Lancaster lost.
These were the first Bomber Command losses for 11 days and nights and the Lancaster lost, from 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron, was the first of its type to be lost on operations. The pilot, Flight Sergeant L. Warren-Smith, a South African, and his all N.C.O. crew - 4 Englishmen, 2 Rhodesians, 1 Australian - all died.
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