WILHELMSHAVEN
115 aircraft of 6 and 8 Groups - 71 Wellingtons, 27 Halifaxes, 9 Stirlings, 8 Lancasters. Bomber Command documents make no comment on the outcome of this raid. Wilhelmshaven's report calls it a 'small raid' with 'a little damage in the town' and makes no mention of casualties. Once again, the bomber force returned without losing any aircraft.
This was the last raid on the much-bombed town of Wilhelmshaven until October 1944.
4 Mosquitoes bombed Brauweiler and DÜSSELDORF without loss.
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NUREMBERG
337 aircraft - 169 Lancasters, 104 Halifaxes, 64 Stirlings. 9 aircraft - 6 Lancasters, 2 Stirlings, 1 Halifax - lost, 2.7 percent of the force.
Weather conditions were poor and the Pathfinders were late with their marking. Nuremberg's report shows that the bombing fell on the northern edges of Nuremberg and on the neighbouring town of Frth and in the countryside up to 12 km further north. However, more than 300 buildings were damaged in Nuremberg, including a historic military chapel which was burnt out. 12 civilians, 1 soldier on leave and 1 prisoner of war were killed in Nuremberg; 26 people were killed in Frth and there may have been further casualties in the villages to the north.
Minor Operations: 6 Mosquitoes to the Ruhr (13 people were killed in Cologne), 54 aircraft minelaying off Brittany and in the Frisians, 20 O.T.U. sorties. No losses.
Total effort for the night: 417 sorties, 9 aircraft (2.2 percent) lost.
