FLYING-BOMB SITES
412 aircraft - 226 Lancasters, 164 Halifaxes, 22 Mosquitoes - of 3, 4, 6 and 8 Groups attacked 4 flying-bomb sites, which were all hit. 5 Lancasters lost.
RAILWAYS
203 Lancasters and 4 Mosquitoes of 1 and 5 Groups attacked railway yards at Limoges and Saintes. Both targets were bombed with great accuracy. 2 Lancasters of 1 Group were lost from the Saintes raid.
Minor Operations: 32 Mosquitoes to Bremen and 10 to a railway junction at Boves near Amiens, 14 R.C.M. sorties, 27 Mosquito patrols, 12 aircraft minelaying off French ports. 1 Stirling lost from the minelaying force.
Total effort for the night: 714 sorties, 8 aircraft (1.1 percent) lost.
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FLYING-BOMB SITES
321 aircraft - 200 Halifaxes, 106 Lancasters, 15 Mosquitoes - of 1, 4, 6 and 8 Groups attacked 3 sites in clear weather conditions. All targets were accurately bombed; no aircraft lost.
16 Lancasters and 2 Mosquitoes of 617 Squadron bombed the Wizernes site and scored several hits with their Tallboy bombs. 1 Lancaster was shot down by Flak, the first loss by the squadron for exactly 2 months.
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FLYING-BOMB SITES
739 aircraft - 535 Lancasters, 165 Halifaxes, 39 Mosquitoes - from all groups attacked 7 sites, causing fresh damage at most of the targets. (The flying-bomb sites were now becoming so cratered by R.A.F., 8th Air Force and 2nd Tactical Air Force bombing that results for individual raids were becoming difficult to determine.)
22 Lancasters were lost from these raids; it was a clear, moonlit night and most of the bomber casualties were caused by German night fighters, often operating with the help of searchlights. It is not known why all of the casualties were Lancasters.
Minor Operations: 27 Mosquitoes to Berlin, 7 R.C.M. sorties, 34 Mosquito patrols, 13 aircraft minelaying off French ports and in the Kattegat. 1 Mosquito lost from the Berlin raid.
Total effort for the night: 820 sorties, 23 aircraft (2.8 percent) lost.
