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- The 14 PAFU Unit left from an unknown RAF station at 1942-07-02 at an unknown time. Loc or duty ?
The 14 PAFU Unit left from an unknown RAF station at 1942-07-02 at an unknown time. Loc or duty ?
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On Thursday 02 July 1942, a member of the 14 PAFU Unit, Aircraftman 2nd Class Liddington, took off from an unknown RAF station in the United Kingdom. His mission is mentioned elsewhere on WW2 History Europe. You can find the other details of this mission by searching here. Training and cargo flights are not separately mentioned as a mission. The plane left at an unknown time .He flew with a Oxford (type -, serial ED154, code -).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
No report
Campaign report of the RAF:
1/2 July 1942
4 Lancasters laid mines in the Great Belt without loss.
2 July 1942
Flensburg
6 Mosquitos were dispatched to carry out a low-level raid on a U-boat construction yard at Flensburg but were intercepted by German fighters which shot down the Mosquito of Wing Commander A. R. Oakeshott, commander of 139 Squadron, who, with his navigator Flying Officer V. F. E. Treherne, was killed. This was 139 Squadron's first Mosquito operation. The other Mosquitos escaped from the German fighters by increasing speed and leaving the Germans behind but a second Mosquito was damaged by Flak over Flensburg and crashed in Germany.
These were the first Bomber Command daylight casualties for 3 weeks. Returning Mosquito crews claimed to have bombed the shipyard accurately.
2/3 July 1942
Bremen
325 aircraft - 175 Wellingtons, 53 Lancasters, 35 Halifaxes, 34 Stirlings, 28 Hampdens. 13 aircraft - 8 Wellingtons, 2 Hampdens, 2 Stirlings, 1 Halifax - lost.
265 aircraft claimed to have bombed in good visibility but it is probable that much of the attack fell outside the southern borders of the town. A brief Bremen report says that more than 1,000 houses and 4 small industrial firms were damaged. 3 cranes and 7 ships in the port were also hit; 1 of the ships, the 1,736-ton steamer Marieborg sank and is recorded as having become a danger to navigation. Only 5 people were killed and 4 injured.
Intruders: 24 Blenheims were dispatched and attacked many airfields without loss.
With thanks to the RAF and USAAF.net!
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