On Wednesday 25 August 1943, a member of the 166 Sqdn, Flight Sergeant W P Knight, took off from Kirmington in the United Kingdom. His mission is mentioned elsewhere on WW2 History Europe. You can find the other details of this mission by searching here. Training and cargo flights are not separately mentioned as a mission. The plane left at 20:12. He flew with a Vickers Wellington (type X, serial HE349, code AS-).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
(Eighth Air Force):: US heavy bombers are assigned i role of bombing important Luftwaffe targets in Operation STARKEY, designed to contain enemy forces in the west to prevent their transfer to Eastern Front, and to serve as a dress rehearsal in the Pas de Calais, France area for the invasion of W Europe. The Allies hope to provoke the Luftwaffe into a prolonged air battle. VIII Air Support Command Missions 34A & 34B: Two locations in France are targetted: 1. 21 B-26's are dispatched to the power station at Rouen; all hit the target at 1832 hours; 2 aircraft are damaged. 2. 36 B-26's are dispatched to Tricqueville Airfield; 31 hit the target at 1834 hours; they claim 1-8-5 Luftwaffe aircraft; 2 B-26's are damaged. HQ 45th Bombardment Wing (Heavy) arrives at Brampton Grange, England from the US; it will remain at this station until Sep 43.
Campaign report of the RAF:
24/25 August 1943
8 Mosquitos to Berlin, 66 aircraft minelaying in the Heligoland, Frisian and Texel areas. No aircraft lost.
25/26 August 1943
6 Mosquitos to Berlin, 42 aircraft minelaying off Brest and the Biscay ports, 7 OTU sorties. 1 OTU Wellington lost.
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