He flew with a de Havilland Mosquito (type XIX, serial MM639, code RS-Q).
8 Ocotber1944
(Ninth Air Force): A revision and elaboration (from 28 Sep-8 Oct) of the Ninth AF interdiction program against railroads connected with the Rhine River results in the issuance of a new interdiction program; it includes rail lines further to the E and requires attacks by all 4 Tactical Air Commands of the Ninth AF, plus aid from the British Second Tactical AF.
300+ B-26s and A-20s, with fighter escort, hit strongpoints and bridges over wide areas of E France and W Germany; fighters support ground forces of the US VII, XV, XIX, and XX Corps in E France and W Germany, and attack airfields, railroads, and numerous military targets in forward areas.
In France, HQ 394th Bombardment Group (Medium) and the 584th and 585th Bombardment Squadrons (Medium) move from Bricy to Cambrai/Niergnies with B-26s.
9 October 1944
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS
(Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
Mission 670: 1,110 bombers and 878 fighters are dispatched to make PFF attacks on industrial targets in S and C Germany; 1 bomber is lost:
1. 329 of 345 B-17s hit the secondary target, ball bearing plants at Schweinfurt; 1 other hit a target of opportunity; 15 B-17s are damaged.
Escort is proivded by 338 of 364 P-51s; 3 P-51s are damaged beyond repair; 1 pilot is WIA.
2. 381 B-17s are dispatched to hit the marshalling yard at Mainz (210) and aircraft engine plant at Gustavsburg (148); 84 B-17s are damaged.
Escort is provided by 202 Ninth AF P-38s and P-47s; 2 P-38s are damaged.
3. 360 of 384 hit the secondary, the marshalling yard at Koblenz; 1 hit a target of opportunity; 1 B-24 is lost, 3 damaged beyond repair and 17 damaged; 1 airman is KIA and 10 MIA.
Escort is provided by 271 of 295 P-51s; they claim 1-0-0 aircraft in the air and 1-0-0 on the ground.
Mission 671: 2 B-24s drop leaflets in the Netherlands during the night.
HQ 12th Bombardment Wing is inactivated at Marks Hall, England.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS
(Ninth Air Force): HQ Ninth AF gives the Tactical Air Commands an initial attack list of 10 bridges on the US front; other lists follow. 30 9th Bombardment Division aircraft attack a rail bridge at Euskirchen, Germany; fighters provide escort and fly uneventful armed reconnaissance; P-47s sent against airfields in Germany are recalled because of bad weather.
46 aircraft of No 100 Group flew an operation in which various electronic devices and Window were used in an attempt to lure the German night-fighter force into the air to waste its fuel. The feint was made in the direction of Bremen, using the same route as had been used in the raid carried out the previous night. Radio listening stations in England heard the German controllers plotting the supposed force 'vigorously', but few night fighters were scrambled. Mosquito Intruders and Serrate aircraft, which were part of the No 100 Group force, then flew on towards Bremen and claimed an Me110 destroyed and a Ju88 damaged. 1 further RCM Halifax flew a signals listening patrol. No aircraft were lost on this night.
2 Mosquitos flew Ranger patrols over Schleswig-Holstein and Denmark, shooting down an Me109 in Schleswig-Holstein; 1 Wellington flew a signals patrol. No aircraft lost.
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