The 35 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1942-06-22 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training
He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type II, serial W1159, code TL-).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
No report
Campaign report of the RAF:
21/22 June 1942
Minor Operations: 56 aircraft minelaying off St Nazaire, 2 aircraft on leaflet flights to France. 1 Wellington minelayer lost.
22 June 1942
12 Bostons to Dunkirk. 6 aircraft bombed the docks; the other 6 bombed a nearby airfield. No Bostons lost.
22/23 June 1942
Emden
227 aircraft - 144 Wellingtons, 38 Stirlings, 26 Halifaxes, 11 Lancasters, 8 Hampdens. 6 aircraft - 4 Wellingtons, 1 Lancaster, 1 Stirling - lost.
196 crews claimed good bombing results but decoy fires are believed to have drawn off many bombs. Emden reports: 50 houses destroyed, 100 damaged, damage in the harbour (no details available), 6 people killed and 40 injured.
Minor Operations: 10 Blenheim Intruders, 2 Stirlings on leaflet flights. No losses.
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