[Alex Smart]

Hello,
Steve Gotts book "Little Friends" confirms -

26 December 44

Mission 278
0910 - 1125 hrs
14 a/c dispatched
Sweep, Bonn-Giessen-Darmstadt-Speyer
No claims - No losses.

Mission 279
0840 - 1135 hrs ( I think the 0840 is a typo and should be 0940 )
10 a/c dispatched
Sweep, Speyer-Frankfurt-Limburg-Bonn
No claims - No losses.

Mission 280
0950 - 1210 hrs
14 a/c dispatched
Sweep, Speyer-Frankfurt- Giessen- Bonn
6 claimed - No losses.

Mission 281
1226 - 1525 hrs
14 a/c dispatched
Close escort B26s Metz-Pirmasens
No claims - No losses.

Mission 282
1226 - 1530 hrs
14 a/c dispatched
Close escort B26s Bad Kreuznach
No claims - No losses.

Mission 283
1430 - 1645 hrs
11 a/c dispatched
Fighter Sweep, Trier area
No claims - No losses.

Alex