On Thursday 08 October 1942, a member of the unit an unknown, Sergeant J E Coombs, took off from an unknown RAF station 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 Oxford (type -, serial R5945, code -).
Campaign report of the USAAF:
(Eighth Air Force:) In letter to Major General George E Stratemeyer, Chief of the Air Staff, Major General Ira C Eaker, Commanding General Eighth Air Force, indicates plans for developing a highly-skilled intruder force capable of using bad weather as a cloak for small blind-bombing operations. These missions are also to serve the purpose of keeping the enemy from resting during periods of bad weather when big strategic missions cannot be flown.
Campaign report of the RAF:
8 October 1942
1 Mosquito to Saarbrücken bombed a factory believed to be in the nearby town of Bous.
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