November 1943

11th

For this night no operation for William Uyen.

124 Halifaxes and 10 Lancasters of 4,6 and No 8 group to bomb marshalling yards at Cannes and railway installations on the main coastal line to Italy.

The night was clear and the Pathfinders marked the target from 5,000ft but the railway yards were not hit at all and the railway workshops suffered only blast damage.

The weather was cloudy with mist and drizzle early morning  and late evening: fair otherwise.

 No.78 Squadron

12 aircraft detailed for operations, Target Cannes

JD373, LW226, LW313, LW300, LW318, LW319, JD376, LW223, LW271, LW321, JD118 and LW230

were made ready for take off.

11 aircraft reached and bombed the target.

1 aircraft missing in action.

 Missing in action

LW321 EY-T

Reported missing, Airborne 18.02 hour from Breighton.

Halifax LW321 was shot down by Hptm. Helmut Bergmann of 8./NJG4  2 km. South west of Droué west of Châteaudun with combat taking place at 4,000 mtrs at 01.00 hrs. on the homeward bound trip. crash-site La Brosse, Droué, France.

All are buried in Saint-désir War Cemetery, 4 km W of Lisieux.

F/S A. Berry KIA,  Sgt. G.H.C.Horne KIA, Sgt. L. Austin KIA, Sgt. J.R.Cowen KIA,

Sgt. G.N.Cox KIA,  Sgt. J.E.Taylor KIA, Sgt. J.H.Barkwell RCAF KIA.

 November 1943

12th--17th

No operations or standby for No.78 Squadron.