ESSEN
195 aircraft - 97 Wellingtons, 38 Halifaxes, 27 Lancasters, 21 Stirlings, 12 Hampdens. 14 aircraft - 7 Wellingtons, 2 Halifaxes, 2 Lancasters, 2 Stirlings, 1 Hampden - lost.
This attack was also widely scattered. Essen records only 3 high-explosive and 300 incendiary bombs in the city, with no serious damage or casualties.
Minor Operations: 6 Wellingtons to Dieppe, 11 aircraft minelaying off Lorient and St-Nazaire, 4 Hampdens on leaflet flights to France. 1 Hampden minelayer was lost.
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12 Bostons to Cherbourg docks and a power-station at Le Havre. Bombing was poor at Cherbourg but better at Le Havre. No Bostons lost.
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BREMEN
170 aircraft of all standard types were dispatched on the first large raid to Bremen since October 1941. 11 aircraft - 4 Wellingtons, 2 Halifaxes, 2 Lancasters, 2 Stirlings, 1 Manchester - lost.
Crews reported only indifferent bombing results but Bremen recorded this as a heavy attack, the results of which exceeded all previous raids. Housing areas were heavily hit with 6 streets affected by serious fires. Damage to the U-boat construction yards and the Focke-Wulf factory is described as 'of no importance' but there were hits in the harbour area which damaged a pier, some warehouses and the destroyer Z-25. With 83 people dead, 29 seriously and 229 slightly injured, this would turn out to be Bremen's third heaviest casualty toll in the war and was nearly as great as the raid by the 'Thousand Force' later in June.
Minor Operations: 4 Wellingtons to Dieppe, 9 Blenheim Intruders to airfields, 7 aircraft mine-laying in the River Gironde and off St-Nazaire, 5 aircraft on leaflet flights to France. No losses.
