He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type I, serial HK596, code AA-O).
(Ninth Air Force): Bad weather grounds the bombers.
Fighters fly armed reconnaissance and attack railroads in W Germany and support elements of the US Third and Seventh Armies in E France and W Germany.
In the Netherlands, the 125th Liaison Squadron, Ninth Air Force (attached to Ninth Army), moves from Arlon, Belgium to Maastricht with L-5s.
75 Lancasters of No 3 Group carried out accurate visual bombing of a coastal battery at Flushing. 1 Lancaster lost.
2 Wellington flew signals patrols.
242 Halifaxes of 4 and No 6 Groups and 21 Pathfinder Lancasters dispatched to Hannover but recalled because of deteriorating weather in England. All aircraft landed safely.
4 Mosquitos to Pforzheim and 2 each to Cologne and Düsseldorf but only Pforzheim was reached, 7 aircraft minelaying in an unrecorded area. No aircraft lost.
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