The 427 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1943-01-08 at an unknown time
He flew with a Vickers Wellington (type III, serial BJ604, code ZL-A).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
(Eighth Air Force): Twelve Spitfire Mk Vs fly defensive patrols. The 107th Observation Squadron (originally a Michigan National Guard unit), 67th Observation Group moves its Spitfires and L-4s from Aldermaston to Membury, England.
Campaign report of the RAF:
7/8 January 1943
3 Pathfinder Mosquitos and 19 Lancasters of No 5 Group mount ineffective raid on Essen. No aircraft lost.
8/9 January 1943
3 Mosquitos of the Pathfinders, now officially designated as No 8 Group, and 38 Lancasters of No 5 Group attack Duisburg. (The terms 'No 8 Group' and 'Pathfinders' are quite interchangeable.) 3 Lancasters lost.
73 aircraft minelaying off the Danish and German coasts; 2 minelaying Lancasters were lost.
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