FERME-D'URVILLE
101 Halifaxes of 4 Group and 8 Pathfinder Mosquitoes attacked the main German radio-listening station near the coast chosen for the invasion, but cloud and haze prevented accurate bombing. No aircraft lost.
SAUMUR
58 Lancasters of 5 Group attacked a railway junction. Photographic reconnaissance showed 'severe damage to junction, main lines torn up'. No aircraft lost.
Minor Operations: 6 Mosquitoes to the port of Aarhus in Denmark, 3 Serrate patrols, 18 aircraft minelaying in the Kattegat and off Dunkirk, 40 aircraft on Resistance operations. 1 Halifax on Resistance operations lost.
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TRAPPES
128 aircraft - 105 Halifaxes, 19 Lancasters, 4 Mosquitoes - of 1, 4 and 8 Groups attacked the railway yards. Most of the bombing fell in the eastern half of the target area. 15 Halifaxes and 1 Lancaster lost, 12.5 percent of the force.
BERNEVAL
103 Lancasters and 4 Mosquitoes of 1 and 8 Groups attacked a radar-jamming station with great accuracy and without loss.
COASTAL BATTERIES
271 aircraft - 136 Lancasters, 119 Halifaxes, 16 Mosquitoes - attacked 4 coastal gun positions with the loss of 1 Lancaster. In only 1 raid was the bombing accurate but this was not too serious because these raids were part of the invasion deception plan. None of the targets were in the Normandy area; all were on the Pas de Calais coast. Further raids in the next 2 nights would continue the deception and the Normandy batteries would only be bombed on the last night before the invasion.
Minor Operations: 23 Mosquitoes to Leverkusen, 4 to Laval and 3 to Lison, 16 R.C.M. sorties, 9 Serrate and 6 Intruder patrols, 53 aircraft minelaying from Dunkirk to Brest, 36 aircraft on Resistance operations, 11 O.T.U. sorties. 1 Stirling lost on a Resistance operation.
Total effort for the night: 667 sorties, 17 aircraft (2.5 percent) lost.
