He flew with a Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (type V, serial Z91959, code NF-D).
31 October 1942 (Eighth Air Force:) Major General Spaatz, Commanding General Eighth AF, informs Lieutenant General Henry H "Hap" Arnold, Commanding General AAF, that operations against submarine pens may prove too costly for results obtained; believing the pens impervious to normal high-altitude bombing, Spaatz plans to operate as low as 4,000 feet (1,219 m) and accept higher casualty rates.
1 November 1942 ICELAND
(Iceland Base Command): During Nov 42, the 337th Fighter Squadron, 342d Composite Group, begins a movement from Iceland to the US.
6 Bostons to St-Omer airfield, 3 bombed here and 3 bombed the docks at Calais as an alternative target. 1 Boston lost.
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