18 Oboe Mosquitoes bombed blast furnaces at Bochum and a steelworks at Duisburg. No aircraft lost.
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MODANE
313 Lancasters of 5 and 8 Groups to attack the railway yards on the main line to Italy. The Pathfinder marking, in difficult conditions, was slightly beyond the target but 200 aircraft brought back photographs to show that their bombs fell within 1 mile of the target and the railway system was seriously damaged. No report is available from France.
Minor Operations: 2 Mosquitoes to Dortmund, 7 Stirlings minelaying in the River Gironde and off La Pallice, 20 O.T.U. flights.
No aircraft were lost from the 342 sorties flown on this night.
