The 78 Sqdn left from Breighton at 1943-07-10 at 23:05. Loc or duty Gelsenkirchen

On Saturday 10 July 1943, a member of the 78 Sqdn, Flight Sergeant S Liggett, took off from Breighton 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 23:05.

He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type II, serial JD157, code EY-T).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

(Eighth Air Force): VII Bomber Command Mission Number 72: 121 B-17's and 5 YB-40's are dispatched to the Caen/Carpiquet Airfield and 64 B-17's are dispatched to the Abbevile/Drucat Airfield, both in France; 34 hit Caen at 0832 hours while 36 hit Abbeville at 0729-0735 hours; they claim 17-7-6 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 B-17 is lost while 33 others are damaged; casualties are 1 WIA and 10 MIA. In a second raid, 101 B-17's are dispatched against Le Bourget Airfield, Paris but the mission is abandoned due to cloud cover.

Campaign report of the RAF:

9/10 July 1943

418 aircraft - 218 Lancasters, 190 Halifaxes, 10 Mosquitos to Gelsenkirchen on an unsuccessful raid. The Oboe equipment failed to operate in 5 of the Mosquitos and a 6th Mosquito dropped skymarkers in error 10 miles north of the target. 12 aircraft - 7 Halifaxes and 5 Lancasters - lost, 2.9 per cent of the force.

4 Mosquitos to Nordstern, 18 aircraft minelaying in the Frisians and off Texel. No losses.

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