The 617 Sqdn left from Scampton at 1943-08-05 at 15:15. Loc or duty Training
He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type III, serial ED765, code AJ-M).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
4 August 1943 (Eighth Air Force):: VIII Air Support Command Mission 14: 36 B-26's are dispatched to shipyards at Le Trait, France; 33 hit the target at 1926 hours without loss or casualties. The 416th Night Fighter Squadron, VIII Fighter Command, begins moving from Acklington, England to Algiers, Algeria with Beaufighters.
5 August 1943 (Eighth Air Force):: The 351st Fighter Squadron, 353d Fighter Group, transfers from Goxhill to Metfield, England with P-47's. The squadron will fly it's first mission on Monday and remain at this station until Apr 44.
Campaign report of the RAF:
4/5 August 1943
5 Mosquitos bombed the estimated positions of Cologne and Duisburg through cloud. No losses.
5/6 August 1943
5 Mosquitos, out of 8 dispatched, bombed Duisburg and Düsseldorf without loss.
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