On Thursday 30 July 1942, a member of the 78 Sqdn, Flight Sergeant C G Dennis, took off from Middleton St George 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 23:01. He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type II, serial W1059, code EY-L).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
No report
Campaign report of the RAF:
29/30 July 1942Saarbrücken291 aircraft of 5 types on the first large raid to this target. 9 aircraft - 3 Wellingtons, 2 Halifaxes, 2 Lancasters, 2 Stirlings - lost.The defences at the target were not expected to be strong and crews were urged to bomb at lower than normal altitudes. 248 aircraft reported accurate bombing, three quarters of them doing so from below 10,000 ft. Bomber Command claimed severe damage to 2 industrial targets, an ironworks and an engineering works. Saarbrücken's records show severe damage and casualties in the centre and north-western districts. 396 buildings were destroyed and 324 seriously damaged, with 155 people being killed.30 July 19426 Bostons sent to Abbeville had to turn back. 4 Mosquitos on cloud-cover raids to Frankfurt, Hamborn, Hannover and Lübeck. No aircraft lost.30/31 July 19426 Blenheims on Intruder flights were recalled but one did not hear the signal and went on to bomb Rheine airfield. There were no losses.
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