Campaign 4

Mission 9 - Hugging the coast, we crossed into Germany when attack by a Do217 N-2. F/Sgt Talbot was lightly wounded, and the Dornier only made the one pass. Shortly after the attack Sgt. Bush received the code to abort the mission due to weather. Maintaining radio silence we could not confirm. We turned around and headed back down the coast. Search lights were particularly effective, coning us most of the flight in enemy territory. Flak was minimally effective, causing nothing but superficial damage. Returning to base we landed safely.

Mission 10 - A Do-217 N2 made a Schrage attack as we crossed the Dutch coast. We took numerous hits along the full length of the fuselage. Most were superficial, with the worst being the shattered glass of the nose turret, and a hit on our O2 system. We dropped below 10,000FT in order to keep the nose and turret manned for the duration of the mission. We faced no more enemy fighters for the rest of the mission. In the target zone flak was accurate into and out of the target. We took a hit to the starboard wing root going in to the target. On our way out we took four hits from the flak. Upon landing, the Erks found an unexploded shell embedded in the fuselage of the rear centre. With the battering from the flak, P/O Rutter was still able to put 40% on target.

Mission 11 - None submitted

Mission 12 - Received radio message, while over Rijssen, Netherlands, to abort due to weather.