Minelaying
24 aircraft laid mines off the Biscay ports without loss.
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12 Venturas attacked shipping and dock installations at Dieppe without loss.
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LA SPEZIA
173 Lancasters and 5 Halifaxes were dispatched to bomb the dockyard but the centre of the bombing was north-west of the aiming point. The main railway station and many public buildings were hit. 1 Lancaster was lost. 8 further Lancasters laid mines off La Spezia harbour.
Minor Operations: 10 Stirlings minelaying in southern Biscay, 5 O.T.U. sorties. No losses.
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and flew Lancasters from Woodhall Spa, Coningsby, Dunholme Lodge and Strubby until the end of the war.
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
619 Squadron flew 3,011 Lancaster sorties and lost 77 aircraft (2.6 percent) in 223 bombing and 17 minelaying raids. 12 further Lancasters were destroyed in crashes.
620 SQUADRON
SERVICE
Formed on
