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The 51 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1943-08-06 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Air Test

The 51 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1943-08-06 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Air Test
On Friday 06 August 1943, a member of the 51 Sqdn, Leading Aircraftman W Rees, took off from an unknown RAF station in the United Kingdom. His mission is mentioned elsewhere on WW2 History Europe. You can find the other details of this mission by searching here. Training and cargo flights are not separately mentioned as a mission. The plane left at an unknown time .

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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