FLYING-BOMB SITES
721 aircraft - 477 Lancasters, 207 Halifaxes, 37 Mosquitoes - attacked 6 sites. All raids were believed to have been successful. 3 Lancasters lost.
RAILWAYS
214 Lancasters and 9 Mosquitoes of 1, 5 and 8 Groups attacked Vaires and Vitry railway yards. The 8 Group raid on Vaires was particularly accurate; the Vitry yards were hit only at the western end. 4 Lancasters lost, 2 from each raid.
Minor Operations: 22 R.C.M. sorties, 61 Mosquito patrols, 8 Halifaxes minelaying off Biscay ports, 14 Halifaxes on Resistance operations. 2 Mosquitoes were lost but other Mosquitoes claimed 6 German night fighters destroyed.
Total effort for the night: 1,049 sorties, 9 aircraft (0.9 percent) lost.
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WIZERNES
103 Halifaxes of 4 Group with 5 Mosquitoes and 2 Lancasters of the Pathfinders attacked the V-weapon site without loss. No report of the bombing results was filed.
2 Mosquitoes flew uneventful Ranger patrols.
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RAILWAYS
202 Halifaxes of 4 and 6 Groups with 28 Pathfinder Lancasters attacked yards at Blainville and Metz. Both targets were hit. 20 aircraft were lost, 11 Halifaxes of 4 Group and 1 Lancaster from the Blainville raid and 7 Halifaxes of 6 Group and 1 Lancaster from Metz. The combined loss rate was 8.7 percent.
Minor Operations: 33 Mosquitoes to Saarbrcken and 10 to Scholven/Buer oil plant, 21 R.C.M. sorties, 35 Mosquito patrols, 8 Halifaxes and 4 Stirlings minelaying off Lorient and St-Malo. No aircraft lost.
