RAILWAYS
242 Lancasters and 11 Mosquitoes of 1, 5 and 8 Groups to attack the railway yards at Revigny and Villeneuve. The raid on Villeneuve was carried out and the railways were hit, though much of the bombing fell to the east of the target. The raid to Revigny was abandoned because the railway yards could not be identified. 7 Lancasters lost from the Revigny raid.
FLYING-BOMB SITES
115 aircraft - 101 Halifaxes, 10 Mosquitoes, 4 Lancasters - of 4, 6 and 8 Groups attacked launching sites at Anderbelck and Les Landes. Anderbelck was accurately bombed in good visibility but the bombing at Les Landes was through 10/10ths cloud.
SUPPORT AND MINOR OPERATIONS
132 aircraft on a diversionary sweep over the North Sea, 42 Mosquitoes to Hannover, 35 R.C.M. sorties, 56 Mosquito patrols, 8 Stirlings minelaying off Biscay ports. 1 Mosquito of 100 Group lost.
Total effort for the night: 641 sorties, 8 aircraft (1.3 percent) lost.
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NUCOURT
47 Lancasters and 6 Mosquitoes carried out an 'Oboe leader' attack on the flying-bomb supply dump. No bombing results were seen, because of poor weather conditions. No aircraft lost.
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FLYING-BOMB SITES
234 aircraft - 162 Halifaxes, 58 Lancasters, 14 Mosquitoes - carried out accurate attacks in the Bois-des-Jardins launching site and the Nucourt supply dump. 1 Halifax lost.
RAILWAYS
222 Lancasters and 7 Mosquitoes attacked railway yards at Chlons-sur-Marne and Nevers. Both raids were successful. 3 aircraft lost, 2 Lancasters from the Nevers raid and 1 Lancaster from Chlons.
SUPPORT AND MINOR OPERATIONS
162 aircraft from 7 different groups on a diversionary sweep over the North Sea, 36 Mosquitoes to Berlin, 25 R.C.M. sorties, 45 Mosquito patrols, 6 Lancasters minelaying off Denmark, 11 aircraft on Resistance operations. 1 minelaying Lancaster lost.
Total effort for the night: 748 sorties, 5 aircraft (0.7 percent) lost.
