Bad weather meant good flying for Day Ranger intruder missions by 418 RCAF: Most Luftwaffe interceptors were grounded by weather. This mission was flown by 418 RCAF commander Russ Bannock and his navigator Robert Bruce. They found a three-mile-long vehicle convoy south of Bruges, Belgium and strafed it four times. They claimed six vehicles destroyed and five damaged. Bannock ended the war as the second highest scoring Canadian ace (behind George Beurling). The 418 was the top scoring RCAF squadron of the war.
