Admiralty War Diaries for 1942, July 1–15

[AndreasB]

ORB for 39 Sqn doesn't mention subordination of 47 Sqn, so these are likely just temporary attachments of individuals. The other three killed in his crew were all 39 Sqn.

All the best

Andreas

[Laurent Rizzotti]

You may find something on these aircrew attachment in 39 or 47 Sqn Appendixes. At least for other squadrons I found more details on personnel in Appendixes than in ORB, especially when the squadron was flying combat operations.

[JohanSWE]

Originally Posted by AndreasB

This was the Siena convoy. We are dealing with this in Breaking Rommel (forthcoming).

Beauforts: 39 Sqn RAF
Bf 109: 1./JG27 (four presumed) Fw Steinhausen made the claim.
Liberators: we only have HALPRO

Hope this helps.

All the best

Andreas

The Halverson Detachment was dissolved on 20th June 1942 and merged into First Provisional Bombardment Group and activated at same day.1942-06-20.


Sources:
Search for Halverson Detachment, NAUK
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/


AFHRA, Reel B0035, First Provisional Bombardment Group


https://usafunithistory.com/PDF/0300...TIONS%20GP.pdf

[sergey]

Colleagues. Thank you. Excellent answers.