NANTES
93 Lancasters and 6 Mosquitoes of 3 and 8 Groups to bomb the airfield. 1 Lancaster lost. Accurate bombing hit runways and hangars.
ST-VALRY
56 Halifaxes of 6 Group and 8 Pathfinder Mosquitoes attempted to bomb a coastal gun position but just missed the target. No aircraft lost.
SALBRIS
58 Lancasters and 4 Mosquitoes of 5 Group attacked an ammunition dump. The bombing was accurate and much damage was caused but 7 Lancasters were lost.
TOURS
53 Lancasters and 8 Mosquitoes of 5 Group bombed the airfield and caused much damage. 1 Lancaster and 1 Mosquito lost.
RENNES
55 Lancasters of 1 Group bombed the airfield and an ammunition dump. The force was not able to locate and mark the target adequately and most of the bombs fell on a nearby village, but no details are available. No aircraft lost.
Minor Operations: 28 Mosquitoes to Leverkusen and 4 to Chteaudun, 5 R.C.M. sorties, 12 Intruder patrols, 42 aircraft minelaying in the Frisians and in the River Gironde, 39 aircraft on Resistance operations. 2 Halifaxes lost dropping supplies to the Resistance.
Total effort for the night: 471 sorties, 12 aircraft (25 percent) lost.
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HAINE-ST-PIERRE
123 aircraft - 62 Halifaxes, 53 Lancasters, 8 Mosquitoes - of 6 and 8 Groups. 6 Halifaxes and 3 Lancasters lost. Severe damage was caused to half of the railway yards and to locomotive sheds.
BREST
58 Lancasters and 6 Mosquitoes of 5 Group attacked the airfield and seaplane base at Lanveoc-Poulmic with great accuracy. 1 Lancaster lost.
MORSALINES
31 Halifaxes of 4 Group and 8 Pathfinder Mosquitoes scored direct hits on a coastal gun position. 1 Halifax lost.
BERNEVAL
32 Halifaxes of 4 Group and 7 Pathfinder Mosquitoes attacked a gun position but only 1 aircraft hit the target. Most of the bombing was 600-700 yards from the gun position. No aircraft lost.
CAP GRIZ NEZ
30 Lancasters of 3 Group and 8 Pathfinder Mosquitoes located the gun position but no hits were scored. No aircraft lost.
Minor Operations: 28 Mosquitoes to Osnabrck and 2 to Oberhausen, 4 R.C.M. sorties, 10 Serrate patrols, 30 Halifaxes and 8 Stirlings minelaying off the Dutch and French coasts, 41 aircraft on Resistance operations, 26 O.T.U. sorties. 1 Stirling lost on Resistance supply work.
Total effort for the night: 452 sorties, 12 aircraft (2.7 percent) lost.
