He flew with a Vickers Wellington (type III, serial X3467, code VR-N).
Hamburg
272 aircraft - 177 Wellingtons, 41 Hampdens, 22 Stirlings, 13 Manchesters, 12 Halifaxes, 7 Lancasters - on yet another record raid for aircraft numbers to 1 target. 4 Wellingtons and 1 Manchester lost.
Icing and electrical storms were again encountered. Although 188 aircraft reported bombing in the target area, the raid was a failure. 17 people were killed and 119 injured. Bremen reports a load of incendiaries dropped very accurately on the Vulkan shipyard where 4 U-boats and several surrounding buildings were damaged by fire.
Minor Operations: 13 Wellingtons to Le Havre, 3 Blenheims Intruders to Holland, 24 aircraft minelaying near Heligoland, 16 aircraft on leaflet flights to Belgium and France. 1 Manchester on a leaflet flight was lost in the sea.
Total effort for the night: 328 sorties, 6 aircraft (1.8 per cent) lost.
7 Wellingtons on cloud-cover raids to Essen; only 1 aircraft bombed a village north of Essen. No aircraft lost.
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