The 226 Sqdn left from Swanton Morley at 1942-07-04 at 7:11. Loc or duty De Kooy
He flew with a A-20/Havoc/DB-7/Boston/P-70 (type III, serial AL677, code MQ-P).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
(8th Air Force): First USAAF air operation over W Europe. 15th Bombardment Squadron (Light) flying 6 American-built Bostons belonging to No. 226 Squadron Royal Air Force, join a RAF low-level attack on De Koog (2 aircraft), Bergen/Alkamaar, Haanstede and Valkenberg (2 aircraft) Airfields in the Netherlands; 2 aircraft are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 1 damaged; 6 airmen are MIA. Aircraft flown by Captain Charles C Kegelman, Squadron Commander, is severely damaged, but Kegelman succeeds in bringing it back to base at Swanton Morley. VIII Air Force Composite Command is activated in the US. Second B-17 arrives in the UK via the N Atlantic ferry route.
Campaign report of the RAF:
3/4 July 1942
6 Lancasters minelaying in the Great Belt; 2 aircraft lost.
4 July 1942
12 Bostons were dispatched in 4 flights of 3 aircraft each, in low-level attacks on 4 Dutch airfields: De Kooy, Bergen, Haamstede and Valkenburg. As it was American Independence Day, 6 of the planes were crewed by members of the Eighth Air Force. Intense light Flak was encountered at the Dutch coast and at the targets and 3 Bostons were shot down, all of the aircraft lost being crewed by Americans.
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