He flew with a Ventura B-34/B-37/PV-1/PV-2 (type I, serial AE760, code YH-).
5 Wellingtons minelaying in the Frisian Islands without loss.
Le Havre
23 Bostons, with fighter escort, attempted to bomb a large German merchant ship in Le Havre docks. The intended target had moved from its berth but a 5,000 ton ship near by was bombed instead and so badly damaged that she was later seen aground and later still seen in dry dock. No Bostons lost.
4 Mosquitos bombed a factory at Hengelo and 1 Mosquito bombed the docks at Den Helder, all without loss.
Cologne
289 aircraft - 109 Wellingtons, 74 Halifaxes, 62 Lancasters, 44 Stirlings. 18 aircraft - 6 Wellingtons, 5 Halifaxes, 5 Lancasters, 2 Stirlings - lost, 6.2 per cent of the force.
This was not a successful raid. Winds were different from those forecast and the Pathfinders had difficulty in establishing their position and marking the target sufficiently to attract the Main Force away from a large decoy fire site which received most of the bombs. Cologne reports 1 'Luftmine' (out of 71 4,000 pounders carried by the bombing force), 3 other high-explosive bombs (out of 231) and 210 incendiary bombs (out of 68,590). 226 houses were damaged but only 2 of these received what was classed as 'serious damage'; 4 people were injured.
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