The 420 Sqdn left from Waddington at 1942-07-13 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Gardening
He flew with a Handley Page Hampden (type I, serial AE390, code PT-Z).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
(8th Air Force): HQ 52d Fighter Group arrives at Eglinton, Co. Derry, Ireland from the US.
Campaign report of the RAF:
12/13 July 1942
Minelaying: 55 aircraft to Lorient, St Nazaire and the Frisians. 1 Hampden and 1 Wellington lost.
1 Lancaster made a leaflet flight to France and returned safely.
13 July 1942
12 Bostons bombed Boulogne railway yards without loss.
13/14 July 1942
Duisburg
194 aircraft - 139 Wellingtons, 33 Halifaxes, 13 Lancasters, 9 Stirlings - on the first of a series of raids on this industrial city on the edge of the Ruhr. 6 aircraft - 3 Wellingtons, 2 Stirlings, 1 Lancaster - were lost and 4 more aircraft crashed in tons England.
The force encountered cloud and electrical storms and reported that their bombing was well scattered. Duisburg reports only housing damage - 11 houses destroyed, 18 seriously damaged - and 17 people killed.
Minor Operations: 10 Blenheim Intruders, 6 aircraft on leaflet flights. 1 Intruder lost.
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