DUISBURG
5 Mosquitoes and 104 Lancasters were dispatched but thick cloud again caused a scattered attack. 50 houses were destroyed and 27 people were killed in Duisburg. Other bombs fell over a wide area of the Ruhr. 8 Lancasters lost.
5 O.T.U. Wellingtons carried leaflets to France without loss.
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FRANKFURT
502 aircraft - 144 Wellingtons, 136 Lancasters, 124 Halifaxes, 98 Stirlings. 21 aircraft - 8 Wellingtons, 5 Lancasters, 5 Stirlings, 3 Halifaxes - lost, 4.2 percent of the force.
Complete cloud cover in the target area again led to a failure. The bombing photographs of every aircraft showed nothing but cloud and Bomber Command had no idea where bombs had fallen. Frankfurt reports only a few in the suburbs of the city south of the River Main. The only damage listed was fires in a paper-goods store and in the rafters of a few neighbouring houses. The Frankfurt report says that there were no casualties in the city, but another report says that 18 people died, presumably in country areas.
Minor Operations: 7 Stirlings minelaying in the Frisians, 4 O.T.U. sorties. No losses.
