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.
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MINOR OPERATIONS
Mosquitoes: 15 to Berlin, 6 to Duisburg, 1 to Aachen and 1 to Sottevaast, 10 Halifaxes minelaying off Brest, 76 aircraft on Resistance operations. 15 Lancasters of 617 Squadron were unable to locate their target, the La Ricamerie needle-bearing factory near Lyons, because of cloud, and returned without bombing. No aircraft lost.
