COLOGNE
105 aircraft - 47 Hampdens, 39 Whitleys, 16 Wellingtons, 3 Halifaxes - but again bombing was poor with only 55 high-explosive bombs and 300 incendiaries recorded in Cologne, causing scattered damage, but 19 people were killed and 17 injured. 2 Whitleys and 1 Wellington lost.
DÜSSELDORF
65 Wellingtons and 7 Stirlings, haze prevented target identification. 58 aircraft claimed to have bombed DÜSSELDORF but the records show only 2 heavy bombs in the southern suburb of Wersten, which destroyed several houses, killing 4 people and injuring 23. A few bombs were reported in 4 other towns around DÜSSELDORF. No aircraft lost.
9. Thirty Wellingtons dispatched by 57 and 75 (New Zealand) Squadrons at Feltwell. This was a typical effort by 3 Group, which provided so much of the early strength of Bomber Command. The target for twenty-eight of these aircraft was DÜSSELDORF; the diary entry shows their bombing results. Two of the aircraft, flown by 'freshman' crews, bombed Boulogne. All the Wellingtons returned safely. The airfields shown on the bottom left of the board are the diversion airfields allocated to the Feltwell aircraft in the event of bad weather on their return.
DUISBURG
39 Wellingtons; 1 lost.
BOULOGNE
7 Wellingtons; none lost.
Total effort for the night: 223 sorties, 4 aircraft (1.8 percent) lost.
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23 Blenheims on a large Circus operation to a power-station near Bthune which was accurately bombed. No Blenheims were lost but 10 of the escorting fighters were shot down.
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COLOGNE
43 Hampdens and 33 Whitleys; thick haze obscured targets. 1 Whitley lost. Cologne reports only light bombing: 17 high-explosive bombs, 100 incendiaries, 11 people injured, 39 buildings damaged.
DÜSSELDORF
57 Wellingtons; none lost. Thick haze.
DUISBURG
26 Wellingtons; none lost. Thick haze.
Minor Operations: 11 aircraft to Hannover, 8 each to Boulogne and Rotterdam, 4 minelaying in Frisians, 8 O.T.U. sorties. No losses.
Total effort for the night: 198 sorties, 1 aircraft (05 percent) lost.
