The 106 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1942-01-14 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training
He flew with a Handley Page Hampden (type I, serial AE292, code ZN-).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
No report
Campaign report of the RAF:
14/15 January 1942
Hamburg
95 aircraft with shipyards and an airframe factory as targets. 2 Hampdens and 2 Wellingtons lost. Only 48 aircraft claimed to have bombed Hamburg, which reports Altona station hit and 12 fires - 7 large, with 6 people killed and 22 injured - but no other major incidents.
Minor Operations: 18 aircraft to Emden, 11 aircraft to Rotterdam, 17 Blenheim Intruders to Dutch airfields, S Hampdens minelaying off Kiel and Warnemunde. 1 Intruder lost.
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