STUTTGART
461 Lancasters and 153 Halifaxes. 17 Lancasters and 4 Halifaxes lost, 4.6 percent of the force.
This was the first of 3 heavy raids on Stuttgart in 5 nights and the only report available is a composite one for the 3 raids. The 3 raids caused the most serious damage of the war in the central districts of Stuttgart which, being situated in a series of narrow valleys, had eluded Bomber Command for several years. They were now devastated and most of Stuttgart's public and cultural buildings were destroyed. The second of the 3 raids, on the night of 25/26 July, was the most successful. Total casualties in Stuttgart during this series of raids were 1,171 people killed and 1,600 injured.
DONGES
104 Lancasters and 9 Mosquitoes of 5 and 8 Groups attacked the oil depot again and, according to reports, the target was 'devastated'. 3 Lancasters lost.
FERFAY
112 aircraft - 100 Halifaxes, 10 Mosquitoes, 2 Lancasters - of 6 and 8 Groups attacked a flying-bomb site but the Master Bomber allowed only 73 aircraft to bomb. 1 Halifax lost.
SUPPORT AND MINOR OPERATIONS
107 aircraft from training units on diversionary sweep, 27 Mosquitoes to Berlin, 8 to Frankfurt and 5 to Aachen, 36 R.C.M. sorties, 46 Mosquito patrols, 4 Halifaxes minelaying off Brest and Lorient, 12 aircraft on Resistance operations, 4 O.T.U. sorties. No aircraft lost.
Total effort for the night: 1,088 sorties, 25 aircraft (23 percent) lost.
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ST-CYR
94 Lancasters and 6 Mosquitoes of 5 Group attacked an airfield and signals depot. Bombing was accurate. 1 Lancaster lost.
FLYING-BOMB SITES
93 aircraft - 81 Lancasters, 11 Mosquitoes, 1 Mustang - of 5 and 8 Groups attacked 2 launching sites and the Watten storage site. All raids were successful and no aircraft were lost.
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STUTTGART
412 Lancasters and 138 Halifaxes to continue the attack on Stuttgart. 8 Lancasters and 4 Halifaxes lost, 2.2 percent of the force.
WANNE-EICKEL
135 aircraft - 114 Halifaxes, 11 Lancasters, 10 Mosquitoes - of 1, 4 and 8 Groups attacked the Krupp oil refinery. No aircraft lost.
Only a few bombs hit a corner of the oil refinery and production was not seriously affected. Other bombs hit the south-eastern part of Eickel, destroying 14 houses and killed 29 civilians, 4 foreign workers and 3 prisoners of war and causing production at the Hannibal coal mine to cease.
FLYING-BOMB SITES
36 Lancasters and 15 Mosquitoes of 1 and 8 Groups bombed 3 launching sites and succeeded in destroying the launching ramp at the Bois-des-Jardins site. No aircraft lost.
38. Lancasters and Halifaxes finally destroy Stuttgart in the raid of
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. The city on fire.
Minor Operations: 21 Mosquitoes to Berlin, 15 to Mannheim and 6 to Somain, 28 R.C.M. sorties, 37 Mosquito patrols, 4 Halifaxes minelaying off Brest, 5 Halifaxes on Resistance operations, 1 Mosquito of 100 Group lost.
Total effort for the night: 852 sorties, 13 aircraft (1.5 percent) lost.
