 On D-Day, he flew his 3rd mission where his was one of only nine planes of the Group to sight the target and bomb the SS Headquarters at Coutances west of Saint Lô.His 13th mission was his first to Germany on June 28, 1944 to the marshaling yard at Saarbruken.On July 21, he lost his pilot on his 18th mission when his plane was severely damaged by flak and lost an engine on the way to the Kempton rail marshaling yards in Germany.