TURIN
188 aircraft - 77 Lancasters, 55 Halifaxes, 50 Stirlings, 6 Wellingtons. 3 Lancasters lost.
156 aircraft reached and bombed Turin, causing serious and widespread damage. The brief local report states that 29 people were killed and 53 injured.
LA SPEZIA
4 Pathfinder Lancasters were sent to this Italian port to try out a new type of 'proximity fuzed' 4,000-lb bomb which exploded between 200 and 600 ft above the ground to widen the effects of the resulting blast. 3 aircraft dropped their bombs successfully, but this type of weapon does not seem to have come into general use. The Lancasters all returned safely.
LORIENT
128 aircraft - 103 Wellingtons, 16 Halifaxes, 9 Lancasters. 1 Wellington lost.
This was an all-incendiary attack without the Pathfinders. Bombing was concentrated and large areas of fire were started.
Minor Operations: 2 Mosquitoes bombed Bochum and Ruhrort, 1 Wellington laid mines off Lorient. No aircraft lost.
Total effort for the night: 323 sorties, 4 aircraft (1.2 percent) lost.
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19 Stirlings of 3 Group were sent minelaying in the Frisian Islands; 2 aircraft lost.
