The 51 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1943-08-06 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Air Test
He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type II, serial HR783, code MH-).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE
(AAF Antisubmarine Command): HQ 479th Antisubmarine Group and it's 4th and 19th Antisubmarine Squadrons (Heavy) transfer with B-24's from St Eval to Dunkeswell, England.
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS
(Eighth Air Force):: The 352d Fighter Squadron, 353d Fighter Group, transfers from Goxhill to Raydon, England with P-47's. The squadron will fly it's first combat mission on Monday and will remain at this station until Apr 44.
Campaign report of the RAF:
5/6 August 1943
5 Mosquitos, out of 8 dispatched, bombed Duisburg and Düsseldorf without loss.
6/7 August 1943
8 Mosquitos to Cologne and Duisburg, 20 Stirlings and 14 Wellingtons minelaying south of Texel and off Brest and the Biscay ports, 13 OTU sorties. 2 Stirling minelayers were lost.
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