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Briefing took place at 0530 hours. Loading was six 1,000 pound bombs and 2,500 gallons of gas. Assembly at Kingscliffe, with the lead squadron at 10,000 feet. By 0928 all but one aircraft, which encountered a mechanical problem, were airborne. At 1017 one of the spare aircraft returned with Engine No. 1 propeller feathered. At 1000 hours Deenthorpe Flying Control was advised that, upon return from the mission, its aircraft would be diverted to Woodbridge. However, at 1606, one aircraft landed at Deenethorpe with a wounded crewman aboard, not having heard the diversion message. At 2000 hours, Flying Control was notified that all but three of the missing 401st aircraft had landed at Woodbridge.
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