He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type I, serial R5695, code EM-G).
In the first Bomber Command day operation for 10 days. 6 Wellingtons and 5 Lancasters were sent on cloud-cover raids to Essen and 5 smaller German targets. Most of these aircraft turned back because of insufficient cloud. 1 Wellington bombed ships off the Dutch coast. 1 Lancaster and 1 Wellington lost.
22 Wellingtons and Halifaxes minelaying off St Nazaire and in the Frisians without loss.
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