March  1944

 1st

William Uyen is still on leave after his crash so this night there is no operation planned for William.

557 aircraft - 415 Lancasters, 129 Halifaxes, 13 Mosquitos. Thick cloud on the routes to and from the target

made it difficult for the German fighters to get into the bomber stream 18 Mosquitos to airfields in Holland,

11 Mosquitos on a diversion raid to Munich, 6 RCM sorties, 10 Serrate patrols,

1 Mosquito to a flying-bomb site, 10 Halifaxes and 1 Stirling on Resistance operations, 16 OTU sorties.

No.78 Squadron

22 aircraft detailed for operations, Target Stuttgart.

Prior to take off snow fell, which froze on the aircrafts.

7 aircraft took off.   4 aircraft reached and attacked target.

From the 22 aircraft the ground crew made ready for operation only the LW515, LW589, LV799,

LW519, LV872, HX355 and LW762 were able to take of because of the snow.

No Aircrafts lost on this raid

Returned early

LW589

LW589 led by F/S Tait unfortunately had to return early after taking off at 23:40 due to very serious icing. A further journey would not end well.

Bomb thrown safely into the sea. and landed at Breighton at 01:04.

Returned early

LW519 EY-L

F/O Crawford took off from Breighton at 11:39 pm despite growing ice.

However, LW519 encountered so many problems with icing along the way that it unfortunately had to turn back early due to altitude maintenance and severe icing.     Bombs thrown safely into the sea.

At 00:40 she landed again at Breighton air base..

Returned early

LV872

F/L Bennet hoped to gain altitude quickly after take-off at 11:54 PM, but had returned early because the Air Speed ​​Indicator (A.S.I.) was not usable.

Bombs thrown safely into the sea. and landed again at Breighton at 02:28.

March 1944

2nd

No Operations or standby for No.78 Squadron.

3th

No Operations or standby for No.78 Squadron.

4th

No Operations or standby for No.78 Squadron.

5th

No Operations or standby for No.78 Squadron.