NORMANDY BATTLE AREA
1,019 aircraft - 614 Lancasters, 392 Halifaxes, 13 Mosquitoes - attacked five aiming points in front of Allied ground troops. The attacks were carefully controlled - only 660 aircraft bombed - and German strong points and the roads around them were well cratered. 10 aircraft - all Lancasters - were lost, 7 to German fighters, 2 to Flak and 1 to an unknown cause.
Minor Operations: 4 Mosquitoes to Coulommiers airfield, 48 R.C.M. sorties, 11 Mosquito patrols, 18 Halifaxes and 11 Stirlings minelaying off Brest, 6 aircraft on Resistance operations. No aircraft lost.
Total effort for the night: 1,117 sorties, 10 aircraft (0.9 percent) lost.
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FORT DE CHANTILLY
202 aircraft - 148 Halifaxes, 49 Lancasters, 5 Mosquitoes - of 6 and 8 Groups attacked an oil-storage dump which was hit and fires were started. 1 Halifax lost in the sea.
FLYING-BOMB SITES
58 Halifaxes and 20 Mosquitoes of 4 and 8 Groups attacked 4 launching sites; the bombing was accurate. 1 Halifax lost.
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OIL TARGETS
170 Lancasters and 10 Mosquitoes of 1, 3 and 8 Groups attacked depots and storage dumps at Aire-sur-Lys and the Fort de Lucheux. Both raids were successful. 1 Lancaster lost from the Fort de Lucheux raid.
Minor Operations: 34 Mosquitoes to Cologne, 11 R.C.M. sorties, 18 Mosquito patrols, 24 aircraft minelaying off Brittany ports, 15 aircraft on Resistance operations. 2 aircraft, probably Halifaxes, lost from the Resistance operations.
