MAGDEBURG
371 aircraft - 320 Halifaxes, 44 Lancasters, 7 Mosquitoes - of 4, 6 and 8 Groups. 17 Halifaxes lost, 4.6 percent of the total force, 5.3 percent of the Halifax force.
This was an area raid. Bomber Command claimed that it was successful, with 44 percent of the built-up area being destroyed. No local report is available.
ZEITZ
328 Lancasters of 1, 6 and 8 Groups. 10 Lancasters lost, 3.0 percent of the force.
The target was the Braunkohle-Benzin synthetic-oil plant near Leipzig. Much damage was caused to the northern half of the plant.
BRX
231 Lancasters and 6 Mosquitoes of 1 and 5 Groups attacked this synthetic-oil plant in Western Czechoslovakia. The raid was a complete success. Speer also mentioned this raid as causing a particularly severe setback to oil production. 1 Lancaster lost.
WANNE-EICKEL
138 Lancasters of 3 Group attacked the benzol plant. No results known. 1 Lancaster lost.
Minor Operations: 17 Mosquitoes to Mannheim and 9 to Hamburg, 55 R.C.M. sorties, 52 Mosquito patrols, 23 Halifaxes and 8 Lancasters minelaying off Oslo and in the Kattegat. 1 Mosquito of 100 Group lost.
Total effort for the night: 1,238 sorties, 30 aircraft (24 percent) lost.
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1 Hudson on a Resistance operation.
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MINOR OPERATIONS
72 Mosquitoes to Magdeburg, 8 to Ruthen oil-storage depot and 3 each to Cologne, Frankfurt, Koblenz and Mannheim, 33 R.C.M. sorties, 13 Mosquito patrols. No aircraft lost.
