The 83 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1942-09-25 at an unknown time
He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type I, serial R5567, code OL-).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
(Twelfth Air Force:) HQ 62d Troop Carrier Group and 4th, 7th and 8th Troop Carrier Squadrons arrive at Keevil, England from the US with C-47s.
Campaign report of the RAF:
24/25 September 1942
Minelaying: 51 aircraft to Texel, the Frisian Islands, Heligoland and the Baltic. 1 Lancaster lost.
25 September 1942
Oslo Gestapo Headquarters
This raid was intended to be a morale raiser for the Norwegian people and was timed to coincide with a rally of Norwegians who supported the Germans.
4 Mosquitos of 105 Squadron set off from Leuchars in Scotland but were intercepted by FW 190s on their low-level bombing run and 1 Mosquito was shot down. 4 bombs hit the Gestapo headquarters but 3 passed right through the building without exploding and the fourth, which remained inside the building, also failed to explode.
25/26 September 1942
10 Wellingtons minelaying in the Frisian Islands without loss.
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