The 101 Sqdn left from Bourn at 1942-04-18 at 23:40. Loc or duty Hamburg
He flew with a Vickers Wellington (type III, serial X3356, code SR-P).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
No report
Campaign report of the RAF:
17/18 April 1942
Hamburg
173 aircraft - 134 Wellingtons, 23 Stirlings, 11 Halifaxes, 5 Manchesters. 7 Wellingtons and 1 Manchester lost.
107 crews claimed to have bombed the target but the German estimate was that no more than 50 aircraft had attacked Hamburg. There were 75 fires in Hamburg - 33 classed as large - 23 people were killed and 66 injured.
Minor Operations: 22 Whitleys to St Nazaire, 4 aircraft to Le Havre, 6 Blenheim Intruders to Holland, 9 aircraft minelaying off Heligoland. 1 Intruder and 1 minelaying Manchester lost.
Total effort for the night: 214 sorties, 10 aircraft (4.7 per cent) lost.
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