The 50 Sqdn left from Swinderby at 1942-09-24 at 23:02
He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type I, serial R5909, code VN-).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
23 September 1942 (Twelfth Air Force:) Major General James H Doolittle assumes command of the Twelfth Air Force in Great Britain.
24 Septmber 1942 (Twelfth Air Force:) XII Ground Air Support Command is redesignated XII Air Support Command.
Campaign report of the RAF:
23/24 September 1942
During this prolonged period of bad weather, Bomber Command sent out 3 small raids without Pathfinders.
Wismar
83 Lancasters of 5 Group; 4 lost.
This was judged to be a successful attack on the Baltic coastal town and the nearby Dornier aircraft factory. Many crews came down to less than 2,000ft. Numerous fires were seen including a large one in what was believed to be the aircraft factory. Wismar reports 32 houses and 8 industrial buildings seriously damaged, 67 people killed and 109 injured.
Flensburg
28 Halifaxes of 4 Group; 5 lost. Only 16 aircraft claimed to have bombed Flensburg.
Vegesack
24 Stirlings of 3 Group; 1 lost.
25 Wellingtons and 8 Stirlings of 1 and 3 Groups minelaying at many places between Biscay and Denmark. 2 Wellingtons lost.
Total effort for the night: 168 sorties, 12 aircraft (7.1 per cent) lost.
24/25 September 1942
Minelaying: 51 aircraft to Texel, the Frisian Islands, Heligoland and the Baltic. 1 Lancaster lost.
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