OPERATION MARKET GARDEN
Bomber Command's main operations on this night were in support of the landings by British and American airborne troops at Arnhem and Nijmegen which took place the following morning.
200 Lancasters and 23 Mosquitoes of 1 and 8 Groups bombed the airfields at Hopsten, Leeuwarden, Steenwijk and Rheine, and 54 Lancasters and 5 Mosquitoes of 3 and 8 Groups bombed a Flak position at Moerdijk. The runways of all the airfields were well cratered but there were only near misses at the Flak position, although its approach road was cut. 2 Lancasters lost from the Moerdijk raid.
Minor Operations: 29 Mosquitoes to Brunswick and 4 to Dortmund, 14 R.C.M. sorties, 29 Mosquito patrols. 1 Mosquito lost from the Brunswick raid.
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BOULOGNE
762 aircraft - 370 Lancasters, 351 Halifaxes, 41 Mosquitoes - dropped more than 3,000 tons of bombs on German positions around Boulogne in preparation for an attack by Allied troops. The German garrison surrendered soon afterwards. 1 Halifax and 1 Lancaster lost.
OPERATION MARKET GARDEN
112 Lancasters and 20 Mosquitoes of 1 and 8 Groups attacked German Flak positions in the Flushing area without loss.
EIKENHORST
27 Lancasters and 5 Mosquitoes of 1 and 8 Groups attacked a V-1 rocket depot without loss.
Minor Operations: 9 R.C.M. sorties, 6 Mosquito patrols, 10 Stirlings and 1 Hudson on Resistance operations. No losses.
Total effort for the day: 952 sorties, 2 aircraft (0.2 percent) lost.
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OPERATION MARKET GARDEN
241 aircraft made 2 diversionary sweeps - 1 to the Dutch coast and 1 into Holland - in order to draw up German fighters from Southern Holland. This intention was not achieved. No aircraft lost.
Minor Operations: 42 Mosquitoes to Bremen and 6 to Dortmund, 29 R.C.M. sorties, 29 Mosquito patrols. No aircraft lost.
