On Sunday 12 July 1942, a member of the 101 Sqdn, Flight Sergeant A J Gerein, took off from Bourn 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 Vickers Wellington (type III, serial BJ583, code SR-).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
(8th Air Force): 6 of 6 Bostons borrowed from the RAF hit Abbeville/Drucat Airfield, France; 2 aircraft are damaged; no casualties. The 15th Bombardment Squadron (Light) stands down after this mission to prepare their own Bostons which are ex-RAF machines.
Campaign report of the RAF:
11/12 July 194241 Wellingtons and 8 Stirlings minelaying off Heligoland, in the Frisians and in the Langeland Belt. 2 Wellingtons lost.12 July 194212 Bostons bombed an airfield near Abbeville but results were not seen because of cloud. No aircraft were lost.American crews flew in 6 of the Bostons, their last introductory flight with the Bostons of 2 Group. The Americans, from the 15th (Light) Bomb Squadron, had flown 13 sorties with the R.A.F.'s 226 Squadron but had lost 3 crews.12/13 July 1942Minelaying: 55 aircraft to Lorient, St Nazaire and the Frisians. 1 Hampden and 1 Wellington lost.1 Lancaster made a leaflet flight to France and returned safely.
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