The 9 Sqdn left from Honington at 1942-04-29 at 23:07. Loc or duty Kiel
He flew with a Vickers Wellington (type III, serial X3716, code WS-).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
(8th Air Force): HQ VIII Ground Air Support Command is activated at Bolling Field, Washington, DC.
Campaign report of the RAF:
28/29 April 1942
Kiel
88 aircraft - 62 Wellingtons, 15 Stirlings, 10 Hampdens, 1 Halifax. 5 Wellingtons and 1 Hampden lost.
54 aircraft claimed good bombing results in bright moonlight but against strong Flak and fighter defences. Post-raid photographs reported 'no new damage' but the Kiel records show that damage was caused at all 3 shipyards, to the hospital of the Naval Academy and to the university library as well as to private housing. 15 people were killed and 74 injured.
Trondheim
23 Halifaxes and 11 Lancasters to attack the Tirpitz. Hits were claimed but these were not confirmed. 2 Halifaxes lost.
Minor Operations: 6 Blenheims to Langenbrugge power-station, 4 Blenheim Intruders, 6 aircraft minelaying off Kiel and Heligoland. 1 Blenheim lost from the Langenbrugge raid.
29 April 1942
6 Bostons bombed Dunkirk docks without loss.
29/30 April 1942
Paris/Gennevilliers
88 aircraft - 73 Wellingtons, 9 Hampdens, 6 Stirlings - to the Gnome & Rhone aero-engine factory. 3 Wellingtons lost.
The main factory was not hit but other industrial buildings in the nearby Port de Paris on the Seine were. The local report says that 1 industrial building was destroyed and 3 more damaged with no casualties being suffered by French people.
Minor Operations: 20 aircraft to Ostend, 6 Blenheim Intruders, 5 Manchesters minelaying off Kiel and the Danish coast. 1 Wellington and 1 Whitley from the 'freshmen' raid on Ostend and 1 minelaying Manchester were lost.
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