In 1943, No. 11 Squadron began conducting offensive mine-laying operations, which it continued until the end of the war.
His Hampden was shot down by flak one night while on a mine-laying operation off the coast of German-occupied Holland.
Mr. Weinberger declined to say whether the United States might act pre-emptively to head off future mine-laying operations.
A month later, on 11-12 September, the fleet covered another mine-laying operation off the Swarte Bank.
In response to repeated requests from the Navy, Arnold decided in November 1944 to begin mine-laying operations once sufficient aircraft were available.
The 313th Bombardment Wing lost only 16 B-29s during mine-laying operations.
During World War II he flew 65 combat missions as a bomber pilot, the majority of which were in mine-laying operations.
On 11-12 May, Regensburg participated in another mine-laying operation, this time off Texel.
In early 1916, she continued supporting mine-laying operations and reconnaissance sweeps into the North Sea.
Gibson eased himself back into bomber operational flying with a mine-laying operation in the Baltic on 22 April 1942.