He flew with a Avro Manchester (type I, serial L7522, code OL-N).
Roving Commissions: 22 Wellingtons and 20 Hampdens to many areas of Germany, 2 Hampdens and 1 Wellington lost.
Norwegian Airfields: 15 aircraft - 6 Halifaxes, 5 Manchesters, 4 Stirlings - attacked 4 airfields to provide a diversion for a Fleet Air Arm strike from the aircraft carrier Victorious on the Prinz Eugen, which had taken shelter in a Norwegian fjord near Trondheim after being torpedoed and damaged by the submarine Trident. The Fleet Air Arm strike was not successful, because of poor weather conditions. 1 Manchester was lost.
6 Manchesters minelaying off Wilhelmshaven without loss.
Wilhelmshaven
31 Wellingtons and 19 Hampdens to bomb the floating dock which the Germans might be using to repair the Scharnhorst or Gneisenau. The area was cloud-covered and bombs were mostly released on the estimated position of Wilhelmshaven. The local diary has no entry for this night.
Minor Operations: 7 aircraft to Emden, 5 to Ostend, 5 Manchesters minelaying off Wilhelmshaven, 2 Hampdens on leaflet flights to France.
There were no aircraft losses from the operations of this night.
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