The 90 Sqdn left from Ridgewell at 1943-04-11 at 00:37
He flew with a Short Stirling (type III, serial BF471, code WP-L).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
No report
Campaign report of the RAF:
10/11 April 1943
502 aircraft - 144 Wellingtons, 136 Lancasters, 124 Halifaxes, 98 Stirlings - raided Frankfurt. Complete cloud cover in the target area again led to a failure. The bombing photographs of every aircraft showed nothing but cloud and Bomber Command had no idea where bombs had fallen. Frankfurt reports only a few in the suburbs of the city south of the River Main. 21 aircraft - 8 Wellingtons, 5 Lancasters, 5 Stirlings, 3 Halifaxes - lost, 4.2 per cent of the force.
7 Stirlings minelaying in the Frisians, 4 OTU sorties. No losses.
11 April 1943
8 Mosquitos bombed an engineering factory at Hengelo and railway workshops at Malines. 2 Mosquitos lost.
11/12 April 1943
Minelaying: 46 aircraft were sent to lay mines off Texel, Brittany and the Biscay ports. 1 Stirling and 1 Wellington lost.
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