The 109 Sqdn left from Marham at 1944-01-08 at 19:30. Loc or duty Hamburg
He flew with a de Havilland Mosquito (type IV, serial DZ435 , code HS-).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
7 January 1944
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS
(Eighth Air Force): 351 of 382 B-17's and 69 of 120 B-24's hit the I G Faren Industrie plant at Ludwigshafen, Germany; they claim 30-6-17 Luftwaffe aircraft; 5 B-17's and 17 B-24's are lost, 2 B-17's and 2 B-24's are damaged beyond repair and 104 B-17's and 18 B-24's are damaged; casualties are 14 KIA, 13 WIA and 121 MIA. 71 P-38's, 463 P-47's and 37 Ninth Air Force P-51's escort; they claim 7-0-3 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 P-38 and 5 P-47's are lost and 1 P-47 is damaged; casualties are 6 MIA.
Mission 179: During the evening, 5 B-17's drop 1.08 million leaflets on Paris, Chartres, Caen and Evreux, France without loss.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS
(Ninth Air Force): 35 B-26's bomb the Cherbourg/ Maupertus Airfield. Bad weather restricts further operations.
8 January 1944
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS
(Eighth Air Force): Mission 180: During the evening, 5 B-17's drop 2.292 million leaflets on Antwerp and Brussels, Belgium; and Rennes, Brest and Nantes, France without loss.
Campaign report of the RAF:
7/8 January 1944
6 Mosquitos to Krefeld and 5 to Duisburg, 1 aircraft on a Resistance operation, 28 OTU sorties. The Resistance operation aircraft - a No 138 Squadron Halifax - crashed in England soon after taking off, killing all 10 men on board, probably 7 crew and 3 passengers.
8/9 January 1944
Mosquito operations: 10 to Frankfurt, 8 to Solingen, 3 to Aachen, 2 to Dortmund. 2 aircraft lost.
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