He flew with a de Havilland Mosquito (type XVI, serial PF380, code P3-).
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS
(Eighth Air Force): Mission 466: 1,176 bombers and 795 fighters attack targets in Germany; 20 bombers and 4 fighters are lost:
1. Of 401 B-17s, 371 hit the Munich marshalling yard, Passing electrical station and a tire factory and 3 hit targets of opportunity; 1 B-17 is lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 42 damaged; 3 airmen are KIA, 3 WIA and 10 MIA.
Escort is provide by 209 P-38s, P-47s and P-51s without loss.
2. Of 340 B-17s, 183 hit the BMW factory at Munich and 106 hit the Munich marshalling yard; 3 B-17s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 89 damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 2 WIA and 30 MIA.
Escort is provided by 166 P-38s, P-47s and P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot is MIA).
3. Of 435 B-24s, 291 hit Munich, 55 hit Munich/Riem Airfield, 29 hit Augsburg, 8 hit Eppingen and 1 hits a bridge on the Autobahn; 16 B-24s are lost and 2 damaged beyond repair; 8 airmen are KIA, 14 WIA and 149 MIA.
Escort is provided by 324 P-38s, P-47s and P-51s; they claim 2-0-1 Luftwaffe aircraft on the ground; 1 P-47 and 2 P-51s are lost (pilots are MIA) and 1 P-51 is damaged beyond repair.
Mission 467: During the night, 6 of 6 B-17s drop leaflets on France.
29 of 30 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions during the night.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS
(Ninth Air Force): In France, A-20s and B-26s strike fuel dumps at Foret d'Andaine, Chateau-de-Tertu, Flers, and Foret d'Ecouves; NOBALL (V-weapon) sites at Chateau d'Helicourt and Chateau d'Ansenne; and a rail bridge at Bourth; fighters escort the bombers, patrol the battle area, and attack trains, gun positions, ammunition dumps, and other targets in the areas around Lessay, Periers, Saint-Lo, Lonrai, Tours and Folligny.
In England, the detachment of the 422d Night Fighter Squadron, 71st Fighter Wing, operating from Hurn with P-61s returns to base at Scorton.
35 Mosquitos to Berlin, 8 Halifaxes and 6 Lancasters minelaying in the Kattegat and in the Frisians, 13 Halifaxes and 9 Stirlings on Resistance operations, 4 OTU sorties. 1 Mosquito lost on the Berlin raid.
26 Lancasters and 6 Mosquitos of No 8 Group made two separate raids on a flying-bomb site at Gapennes. The Lancasters made the first 'heavy Oboe' attack of the war. A Lancaster of No 582 Squadron had been fitted with Oboe equipment and Wing Commander GF Grant, from No 109 Squadron, one of the Oboe Mosquito squadrons, flew in the Lancaster and directed the bombing. When Grant released his bombs, other Lancasters flying in formation did the same. This method allowed a greater tonnage of bombs to be dropped directly on the Oboe signals and it became one of Bomber Command's most accurate bombing methods and enabled small targets like the flying-bomb sites to be bombed accurately in cloudy conditions. No aircraft were lost on this raid.
2 Mosquitos flew Ranger patrols. 1 aircraft attacked a tanker with cannon-fire. The Mosquitos returned safely.
8 Mosquitos to Homberg oil plant, 3 Serrate patrols, 21 aircraft on Resistance operations. No aircraft lost.
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