OBERHAUSEN
288 aircraft - 202 Halifaxes, 74 Lancasters, 12 Mosquitoes - of 6 and 8 Groups. 3 Halifaxes and 1 Lancaster lost.
The target area was cloud-covered and the bombing was not concentrated. 36 houses were destroyed in Oberhausen and 4 people were killed but other places in the Ruhr may have been hit as well.
Minor Operations: 49 Mosquitoes to Berlin, 12 to Cologne and 4 each to Karlsruhe and Mlheim, 28 R.C.M. sorties, 46 Mosquito patrols, 25 aircraft on Resistance operations. No aircraft lost.
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HOMBERG
184 Lancasters of 3 Group carried out a G-H attack on the oil plant. Large fires and a thick column of smoke were seen. 5 Lancasters lost.
2 Wellingtons flew R.C.M. sorties without loss.
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DÜSSELDORF
992 aircraft - 561 Lancasters, 400 Halifaxes, 31 Mosquitoes. 11 Halifaxes and 8 Lancasters were lost, 4 of the losses being crashes behind Allied lines in France and Belgium.
This heavy attack fell mainly on the northern half of DÜSSELDORF. More than 5,000 houses were destroyed or badly damaged. 7 industrial premises were destroyed and 18 were seriously damaged, including some important steel firms. At least 678 people were killed and more than 1,000 were injured.
This was the last major Bomber Command raid of the war on DÜSSELDORF.
Minor Operations: 42 Mosquitoes to Osnabrck and 9 to Hallendorf (only 1 aircraft reached this target), 37 R.C.M. sorties, 51 Mosquito patrols. No aircraft lost.
Total effort for the night: 1,131 sorties, 19 aircraft (1.7 percent) lost.
