He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type I, serial DV390, code UM-).
28 November 1943
(Ninth Air Force): The 153d Liaison Squadron, 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, transfers from Membury to Keevil, England with A-20's and L-4's.
29 November 1943
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS
(Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command Mission 140. 154 of 360 B-17's hit the port of Bremen, Germany and targets of opportunity in the area at 1429-1450 hours; unfavorable cloud conditions and malfunction of blindbombing equipment cause 200+ B-17's to abort; they claim 15-11-10 Luftwaffe aircraft; 13 B-17's are lost, 3 damaged beyond repair and 43 damaged; casualties are 2 KIA, 13 WIA and 131 MIA. The B-17's are escorted by 38 P-38's and 314 P-47's; they claim 15-4-6 Luftwaffe aircraft; 7 P-38's and 9 P-47's are lost; 1 P-47 is damage beyond repair and another damaged; casualties are 1 WIA and 16 MIA. VIII Bomber Command Mission 141: 8 B-17's drop 1.6 million leaflets over Paris, Reims, Le Mans, Orleans, Chartres, Amiens and Rouen, France; no casualties.
VIII Bomber Command Mission 142: 1 B-17 drops two 2,000 pound (907 kg) bombs and 1 photoflash on Emmerich, Germany at 2108 hours; no casualties. HQ 358th Fighter Group transfers from Goxhill to Leiston, England. HQ 447th Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrives at Rattlesden, England from the US. The 714th and 715th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 448th Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrive at Seething, England from the US with B-24's. They will fly their first mission on 22 Dec.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS
(Ninth Air Force): In France, 53 B-26's bomb Chievres airfield; 71 B-26's sent to bomb Cambrai/Epinoy airfield abort the mission due to bad weather. HQ 70th Fighter Wing arrives at Greenham Common, England from the US.
30 November 1943
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS
(Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command Mission 143. 349 B-17's, 29 B-24's and 3 PFF B-17's are dispatched to the industrial area at Solingen, Germany; 270 B-17's, the B-24's and 2 PFF B-17's abort the mission due to cloud formations which cause assembly difficulties and require flying at altitudes not feasible for the B-24's; 79 B-17's and 1 PFF B-17 use blind-bombing equipment to hit Solingen plus 1 aircraft drops on Wermelskirchen; they claim 1-0-0 Luftwaffe aircraft; 3 B-17's are lost; 3 are damaged beyond repair and 9 damaged; casualties are 11 KIA, 20 WIA and 23 MIA.
This mission is escorted by 20 P-38's and 327 P-47's; they claim 0-2-1 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 P-38 and 5 P-47's are lost and 1 each damaged; casualties are 6 MIA.
VIII Bomber Command Mission 144: 6 B-17's drop 1.4075 million leaflets on Paris, Rouen and Tours, France; and Krefeld and Opladen, Germany during the evening; no casualties. HQ 357th Fighter Group arrives at Raydon, England from the US. HQ 361st Fighter Group and it's 374th, 375th and 376th Fighter Squadrons arrive at Bottisham, England from the US with P-47's. They will fly their first mission on 22 Jan 44.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS
(Ninth Air Force): HQ IX Fighter Command arrives at Middle Wallop, England from Libya. HQ 362d Fighter Group and it's 377th, 378th and 379th Fighter Squadrons arrive at Wormingford, England from the US with P-47's. They will fly their first mission on 8 Feb 44.
10 Mosquitos to Essen and 1 to Duisburg, 10 aircraft minelaying off Brest and Cherbourg, 7 OTU sorties.
21 Mosquitos to Bochurn, Cologne and Düsseldorf, 9 OTU sorties.
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