8 Mosquitoes attacked Cologne and Gelsenkirchen without loss.
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BOCHUM
352 aircraft - 213 Lancasters, 130 Halifaxes, 9 Mosquitoes. 9 aircraft - 5 Halifaxes and 4 Lancasters - lost, 2.6 percent of the force.
The Oboe-assisted Pathfinder plan worked perfectly and led to accurate and concentrated bombing. In the Bochum air-raid area - which included 3 small towns near by - 527 houses were destroyed and 742 were seriously damaged. The Altstadt is mentioned as having been particularly hard-hit. 161 people were killed, including 33 foreign workers and prisoners of war, and 337 people were injured.
Minor Operations: 11 Mosquitoes to Gelsenkirchen, 14 Lancasters minelaying off Danzig, Gdynia and Pillau in the Baltic. No aircraft lost.
