3 small raids were initiated in difficult weather conditions and without Pathfinders.
WISMAR
78 Lancasters of 5 Group. Bombing was scattered. 2 aircraft lost.
FLENSBURG
27 Halifaxes of 4 Group. Good bombing results were claimed by 12 crews but 12 aircraft were lost, nearly half of the force.
LBECK
25 Stirlings of 3 Group. Bombing was scattered. 3 aircraft lost.
Total effort for the night: 130 sorties, 17 aircraft (13.0 percent) lost.
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6 Mosquitoes attacked a steelworks at Lige without loss.
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KREFELD
188 aircraft - 95 Wellingtons, 39 Halifaxes, 31 Lancasters, 23 Stirlings. 7 aircraft - 3 Halifaxes, 2 Wellingtons, 1 Lancaster, 1 Stirling - lost, 3.7 percent of the force.
The Pathfinders encountered dense haze and their marking was late. The raid which developed was dispersed and not expected to cause much damage. Krefeld's rather general report on wartime bombing does not class this as a 'Grossangriff' - a major raid; only 3 streets in the northern part of the town are mentioned as being hit but most of the 41 people recorded as being killed by raids in 1942 probably died on this night.
3 Wellingtons laid mines in the Frisians without loss.
