He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type I, serial R5899, code ZN-).
Minelaying: 115 aircraft to many locations between Lorient and Danzig. 5 aircraft - 2 Lancasters, 2 Stirlings, 1 Wellington - lost.
1 Halifax on leaflet flight to France returned safely.
6 Mosquitos of 105 Squadron attempted the first daylight bombing raid on Berlin. 2 aircraft had to turn back with mechanical trouble, 2 aircraft bombed Hamburg and 1 aircraft bombed the Berlin area through thick cloud. The remaining Mosquito was lost, believed shot down by a German fighter.
Saarbrücken
118 aircraft - 72 Wellingtons, 41 Halifaxes, 5 Stirlings. 3 Wellingtons and 2 Halifaxes lost, 4'2 per cent of the force.
The Pathfinders had to mark 2 targets on this night and the Pathfinder crews allocated to this raid experienced difficulties with ground haze. Bombing was scattered to the west of the target. Saarbrücken reports on 13 houses destroyed, 27 seriously damaged and 1 man killed.
Munich
68 Lancasters and 21 Stirlings, 3 Lancasters and 3 Stirlings lost, 6.7 per cent of the force.
Approximately 40 per cent of the crews dropped bombs within 3 miles of the centre of Munich but most of the bombs fell in the western, southern and eastern suburbs of the city. It has not been possible to obtain a report from Munich.
Total effort for the night: 207 sorties, 11 aircraft (5.3 per cent) lost.
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