He flew with a Short Stirling (type I, serial W7475, code HA-H).
Hamburg
213 aircraft - 74 Wellingtons, 72 Lancasters, 48 Halifaxes, 19 Stirlings. 15 aircraft - 5 Lancasters, 4 Stirlings, 4 Wellingtons, 2 Halifaxes - lost, 7.0 per cent of the force.
The bombers encountered cloud and icing and winds which had not been forecast. No clear identification or marking of Hamburg was made. 150 crews reported bombing. Hamburg reports thick cloud and heavy rain and says that many bombs fell in the Elbe or in open country. There were 26 fires in Hamburg of which 3 were large ones. Casualties were 3 people killed and 16 injured.
15 Stirlings carried more leaflets to France without loss.
18 Bostons attempted to continue attacks on the German ship at Le Havre but it had been moved. 15 aircraft bombed the dock area. 2 Bostons crashed in the sea.
Minelaying: 42 aircraft to the southern Biscay coast of France and to the Frisian Islands. No aircraft were lost but 2 Lancasters crashed in England.
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