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The 18 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1942-11-06 at an unknown time
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On Friday 06 November 1942, a member of the 18 Sqdn, Sergeant H E Shaw, 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 Bristol Blenheim (type V, serial BA818, code WV-).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
No report
Campaign report of the RAF:
6 November 1942
14 Wellingtons and 5 Lancasters on cloud-cover raids to Essen, Osnabrück and Wilhelmshaven. Only 6 aircraft bombed, through cloud, in the Osnabrück and Wilhelmshaven areas. No aircraft lost.
12 Bostons bombed an airfield near Caen without loss.
10 Venturas in fours and twos carried out low-level raids to Holland. 3 aircraft lost.
6/7 November 1942
Genoa
72 Lancasters of the Pathfinder Force and 5 Group. 2 Lancasters lost.
The attack was concentrated but most bombs fell in residential areas. No separate report for this raid is available from Genoa.
Minor Operations: 65 aircraft minelaying from Lorient to the Frisians, 4 OTU sorties, 3 Stirling minelayers lost.
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