He flew with a de Havilland Mosquito (type XVI, serial MM126, code P3-F).
AIRBORNE OPERATIONS
(IX Troop Carrier Command): C-47s continue large-scale supply and evacuation missions in France.
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS
(Eighth Air Force): Mission 632: 2 B-17 control aircraft and 2 B-17 CASTOR drones fly an APHRODITE mission to the oil refinery at Hemmingstedt, Germany; the target is missed.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS
(Ninth Air Force): In France, HQ XXIX Tactical Air Command (Provisional) is activated at Vermand, in anticipation of operating with the US Ninth Army, shortly to join the Twelfth Army Group; Brigadier General Richard E Nugent is Commanding General; about 140 B-26s and A-20s bomb gun emplacements and strongpoints in the Brest area; fighters fly armed reconnaissance in various battle areas; HQ 358th Fighter Group moves from Pontorson to Vitry-le-Francois; HQ 405th Fighter Group and the 511th Fighter Squadron move from Picauville to St-Dizier with P-47s; the 14th Liaison Squadron, XIX Tactical Air Command (attached to Third Army), moves from Marson to Gussainville with L-5s; the 387th Fighter Squadron, 365th Fighter Group, moves from Bretigny to Juvincourt with P-47s.
36 Mosquitos to Berlin and 3 to Karlsruhe, 29 RCM sorties, 41 Mosquito patrols. 2 Mosquitos lost from the Berlin raid.
184 aircraft - 133 Halifaxes, 51 Lancasters - of Nos 4, 6 and 8 Groups dispatched to Wilhelmshaven but recalled while still over the North Sea; no reason for this is given in Bomber Command records. All aircraft returned safely.
35 Lancasters and 10 Mosquitos of Nos 3 and 8 Groups bombed 'an ammunition dump' (possibly a suspected V-2 store) near The Hague at Wassenar. The bombing was considered to be accurate until smoke and dust covered the target.
6 aircraft flew RCM sorties without loss.
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