He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type II, serial W1016, code MP-B).
Osnabrück
192 aircraft - 91 Wellingtons, 42 Lancasters, 40 Stirlings, 19 Halifaxes. 3 Halifaxes and 3 Wellingtons lost.
Visibility was good but the initial flares were dropped over a wide area. Osnabrück's report shows that 206 houses and 1 military building were destroyed and nearly 4,000 other buildings were damaged, mostly lightly. Among industrial buildings hit were a vehicle works, a gas-meter factory, a textile factory and an iron foundry. 62 people were killed - 40 civilians, 17 foreign workers, 5 service or air-raid men - and 107 injured.
Minor Operations: 18 aircraft to Le Havre, 13 Blenheim Intruders, 3 aircraft minelaying in the Frisians. No losses.
An important event which occurred on this night was the first effective jamming by the Germans of Gee signals.
3 Mosquitos to Germany but only 1 aircraft bombed at Cologne. No losses.
Minelaying: 52 aircraft to Kiel Bay and the Danish coast. 1 Lancaster and 1 Stirling lost.
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