He flew with a Ventura B-34/B-37/PV-1/PV-2 (type I, serial AE794, code YH-N).
24 Venturas and 12 Bostons to railway targets in France and Belgium but only 12 Venturas reached their targets.
Lorient
Lorient visited gain by 157 aircraft - 139 Wellingtons, 11 Lancasters, 4 Halifaxes, 3 Stirlings - which bombed in poor visibility. 2 Wellingtons and 1 Lancaster lost.
9 Halifaxes of No 6 Group attempted to bomb shipping in the River Gironde; 3 aircraft bombed Bordeaux docks. 18 OTU sorties were flown.
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