COASTAL BATTERIES
414 aircraft - 206 Halifaxes, 180 Lancasters, 28 Mosquitoes - attacked 7 coastal gun batteries in the Pas de Calais area. Four of the positions were claimed to have been hit. 1 Lancaster lost while bombing the Mardyck position.
GENNEVILLIERS
56 Lancasters and 8 Mosquitoes of 5 Group attacked the Gnome & Rhne factory and another factory near by. A local report confirms the Bomber Command claim that both targets were hit, but 24 French people were killed and 107 injured. 5 Lancasters lost.
ANNECY
39 Lancasters and 4 Mosquitoes of 5 Group to a small ball-bearing factory. Weather en route was very bad and only 2 Mosquito marker aircraft reached the target, but the factory was accurately bombed. No aircraft lost.
Minor Operations: 30 Mosquitoes to Berlin and 6 to Chteaudun, 10 R.C.M. sorties, 11 Serrate and 24 Intruder patrols, 20 Halifaxes and 5 Stirlings minelaying off Dutch and French coasts, 43 aircraft on Resistance operations, 12 O.T.U. sorties. 2 Stirlings and 1 Halifax on Resistance operations and 1 O.T.U. Wellington were lost.
Total effort for the night: 682 sorties in 18 separate operations, 10 aircraft (1.5 percent) lost.
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RAILWAY TARGETS
506 aircraft - 291 Lancasters, 187 Halifaxes, 28 Mosquitoes - to bomb railway yards at Courtrai, Dieppe, Ghent, Lens and Lille. No post-raid reconnaissance was carried out at Dieppe and results of the raid there are not known. All other raids were successful, although some bombs fell on nearby civilian housing. At Ghent, 48 Belgian civilians were killed and 58 were injured but no other details are available. 12 Lancasters lost from the 5 Group raid to Lille and 1 Lancaster lost from the Dieppe raid.
Minor Operations: 29 Mosquitoes to Ludwigshafen and 2 to Chteaudun, 5 R.C.M. sorties, 9 Intruder and 3 Serrate patrols, 26 aircraft minelaying off Brest and Heligoland, 28 aircraft on Resistance operations, 10 O.T.U. sorties. 1 Halifax minelayer lost.
Total effort for the night: 618 sorties, 14 aircraft (2.3 percent) lost.
