Re: bombing of the barn, my Dads story
10/11 October 1942
Minelaying: 47 aircraft off Biscay ports and in the Frisians without loss. (15 planes to the frisians; 5 mined south of Texel. The others around the islands.)
11 October 1942
8 Mosquitos to Sluiskil (this is in Holland but at the extreme other side, the southwest; zeeland - 2 losses), Hannover and Saarbrücken. 1 aircraft lost ( a mossie).
11/12 October 1942
Minelaying: 80 aircraft to many locations. 2 Wellingtons and 1 Stirling lost. 10 bombers mine in the Frisians. No losses here.
Coastal Command sent out 5 Hudsons to attack a convoy, which isn't found. No losses
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