The 78 Sqdn left from Hartford Bridge at 1943-10-16 at 12:30. Loc or duty Training

On Saturday 16 October 1943, a member of the 78 Sqdn, Flight Sergeant G R L Gunningham, took off from Hartford Bridge 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 12:30.

He flew with a Handley Page Halifax (type II, serial JD161, code EY-).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

TACTICAL OPERATIONS

(Ninth Air Force): In the United Kingdom, HQ Ninth Air Force is established at Sunninghill as a tactical Air Force with Lieutenant General Lewis H Brereton as Commanding General. The 3d Bombardment Wing at Marks Hall is transferred from the VIII Air Support Command, Eighth Air Force to the IX Bomber Command commanded by Major General Frederick L Anderson. (HQ IX Bomber Command will not be established in England until Nov 43.)

The four B-26 groups transferred are: 322d Bombardment Group (Medium) [449th, 450th, 451st and 452d Bombardment Squadrons (Medium)] 323d Bombardment Group (Medium) [453d, 454th, 455th and 456th Bombardment Squadrons (Medium)] 387th Bombardment Group (Medium) [556th, 557th, 558th and 559th Bombardment Squadrons (Medium)] 388th Bombardment Group (Medium) [560th, 561st, 562d and 563d Bombardment Squadrons (Medium)] The IX Troop Carrier Command is activated at Cottesmore with Brigadier General Benjamin F Giles as Commanding General; the 315th Troop Carrier Group (34th and 43d Troop Carrier Squadrons with C-47's) is transferred from from the Eighth Air Force; and the 434th Troop Carrier Group and it's 71st, 72d, 73d and 74th Troop Carrier Squadrons that arrived on 9 Oct are also assigned.

The IX Air Service Command is re-formed under Major General Henry J Miller.

Campaign report of the RAF:

16/17 October 1943

9 Mosquitos to Dortmund, 11 OTU sorties. No losses. One of the Mosquitos was carrying out a G-H trial but its equipment failed and it had to bomb by dead reckoning.

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