The 102 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1942-04-14 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Air Test
He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type II, serial R9488, code DY-).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
The British Government and Chiefs of Staff (CoSs) accept General George C Marshall's Operation BOLERO plan for the Allied build-up in the UK for an attack on Germany.
Campaign report of the RAF:
14 April 1942
12 Bostons carried out accurate bombing at Mondeville power-station without loss.
14/15 April 1942
Dortmund
208 aircraft - 142 Wellingtons, 34 Hampdens, 20 Stirlings, 8 Halifaxes, 4 Manchesters - a force which was several times greater than any previously sent to this city. 5 Wellingtons and 4 Hampdens lost.
132 aircraft claimed to have bombed Dortmund but bombing photographs showed that bombs fell across a 40-mile stretch of the Ruhr. Dortmund reports 1 unspecified industrial building destroyed, 1 military establishment severely damaged, 4 dwelling-houses destroyed and 31 damaged with 4 people killed and 27 injured.
Minor Operations: 23 aircraft to Le Havre (all bombs fell in open country), 5 Blenheim Intruders to Soesterberg airfield, 1 Stirling minelaying near Heligoland. 1 Wellington lost on the Le Havre raid.
Total effort for the night: 237 sorties, 10 aircraft (4.8 per cent) lost.
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