MEULAN-LES-MEUREAUX
117 Halifaxes and 6 Mosquitoes of 4, 6 and 8 Groups to attack the S.N.C.A. aircraft factory, 15 miles outside Paris. The Oboe marking was accurate and the Halifaxes seriously damaged the factory buildings. No aircraft lost.
Minor Operations: 15 Lancasters of 617 Squadron in successful raid on aircraft factory at Albert in France, 13 Mosquitoes to 3 targets in Germany and a flying-bomb site, 2 R.C.M. sorties, 8 Serrate patrols, 8 Stirlings minelaying off French Channel ports, 44 aircraft on Resistance operations, 10 O.T.U. sorties.
Total effort for the night: 223 sorties with no aircraft lost.
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MINOR OPERATIONS
16 Mosquitoes to Berlin, 10 to DÜSSELDORF, 1 to Krefeld and 2 to Sottevaast flying-bomb site, 45 aircraft minelaying off French ports, 9 O.T.U. sorties. No losses.
3 Wellington minelaying sorties flown on this night by 300 (Polish) Squadron, based at Ingham, were the last Wellington operations flown by a normal Bomber Command squadron; R.C.M. squadrons of 100 Group would continue to use Wellingtons in small numbers for several months and the O.T.U.s would use Wellingtons until the end of the war.
