COLOGNE
44 Wellingtons and 18 Whitleys. 1 Wellington lost. Cologne reports a few bombs but no casualties.
DÜSSELDORF
30 Hampdens and 11 Manchesters. No aircraft lost. Crews report: 'Fires started.'
KIEL
26 aircraft - 13 Stirlings, 10 Halifaxes, 3 Wellingtons. 1 Halifax lost. Little damage in Kiel but 1 person was killed and 8 injured when a large bomb appeared to explode in the air above the old town. The casualties are believed to have been in the open, watching a bomber trying to escape from a large searchlight cone. The bomber escaped from the mass of Flak being fired at it.
Minor Operations: 2 aircraft to Boulogne, 1 each to Bremen, Emden and Hannover, 1 minelaying in the Frisians, 7 O.T.U. sorties. No losses.
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18 Blenheims on a Circus operation to Comines power-station. No Blenheims lost.
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COLOGNE
32 Whitleys and 22 Wellingtons; the main city passenger station was the aiming point. No aircraft lost. Cologne reports only 11 bombs, 5 houses damaged, no casualties.
KIEL
25 Hampdens and 23 Wellingtons to dock areas. 1 Wellington lost. Kiel reports only a light raid with 11 people injured.
DÜSSELDORF
23 Wellingtons and 8 Manchesters, no losses.
Minor Operations: 3 Wellingtons to Emden, 1 to Boulogne and 2 O.T.U. sorties. 1 Wellington was lost from the Emden raid and the one sent to Boulogne was shot down into the sea off Harwich by 'friendly' anti-aircraft fire.
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in 5 Group. Flew Hampdens (and one Manchester sortie on the Thousand-Bomber Raid to Cologne) from Syerston and Balderton from August 1941 until posted to 4 Group in September 1942 in preparation for the formation of 6 Group. Became a founder squadron of 6 Group on
