He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type II, serial DT615, code VR-P).
Minelaying: 91 aircraft to the Frisian Islands and Texel. 1 Halifax was lost.
6 Mosquitos to the Ruhr, 2 OTU sorties. No losses.
10 Mosquitos to targets in Holland without loss.
Having destroyed Lorient, Bomber Command was now ready to start on the second target on the list of French U-boat base ports - St Nazaire - which the directive of 14 January had ordered to be destroyed. 437 aircraft - 152 Lancasters, 119 Wellingtons, 100 Halifaxes, 62 Stirlings, 4 Mosquitos - were dispatched. 5 aircraft - 2 Lancasters, 2 Wellingtons, 1 Stirling - were lost, 1.1 per cent of the force.
This initial raid caused widespread destruction. Local reports say that many bombs fell into the port area and that 60 per cent of the town was destroyed. 29 people are reported as being killed and 12 injured; it is presumed that most of the local population had left the town.
3 Mosquitos to the Ruhr, 5 Wellingtons minelaying off St Nazaire, 2 OTU sorties. No losses.
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