TOULOUSE
131 Lancasters and 8 Mosquitoes of 5 Group attacked the aircraft assembly factory and an explosives factory. Both targets were hit and no aircraft were lost.
ST-GHISLAIN
137 aircraft - 89 Halifaxes, 40 Lancasters, 8 Mosquitoes - of 6 and 8 Groups attacked the railway yards with great accuracy. 1 Halifax and 1 Lancaster lost.
MALINES
132 aircraft - 110 Halifaxes, 14 Lancasters, 8 Mosquitoes - of 4 and 8 Groups. 1 Halifax lost.
The bombing was scattered, although the locomotive sheds were damaged. A report from Malines shows that extensive damage was caused to civilian areas; 1,355 buildings were destroyed or seriously damaged and 2,365 were slightly damaged and there were many Belgian casualties - 171 killed, 123 injured.
CHAMBLY
120 aircraft - 96 Lancasters, 16 Stirlings, 8 Mosquitoes - of 3 and 8 Groups. 3 Lancasters and 2 Stirlings lost.
Chambly was the main railway stores and repair depot for the Northern French system which the Allied bombers were trying to put out of action. The local report (provided by the office of the present Chief Engineer at Chambly) shows that the raid was extremely successful. Approximately 500 high-explosive bombs fell inside the railway depot area and serious damage was caused to all departments. The depot was completely out of action for 10 days. There were no casualties in the depot, nor in Chambly, but the wind took some of the markers eastwards towards the village of Persan and 5 people were killed there.
36 (a and b). The results of a successful raid on a French railway stores and repair depot at Chambly during the communications campaign before D-Day. Most of this damage was caused by aircraft of 3 Group.
LYONS
75 Lancasters of 1 Group attacked the Berliet motor works. The factory was badly damaged and nearby railways and factories were also hit. There is no local report to say whether civilian casualties were caused. No aircraft were lost.
TOURS
46 Lancasters and 4 Mosquitoes of 5 Group carried out an accurate attack on aircraft-repair workshops. The main buildings were completely destroyed. No aircraft lost.
Minor Operations: 28 Mosquitoes to Ludwigshafen and 2 to Achres, 9 R.C.M. sorties, 16 Serrate and 18 Intruder patrols, 32 Halifaxes and 3 Stirlings minelaying off the French coast and in the Frisians, 40 aircraft on Resistance operations. 1 Serrate Mosquito lost.
Total effort for the night: 801 sorties in 14 separate operations, 9 aircraft (1.1 percent) lost.
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MINOR OPERATIONS
29 Mosquitoes to Leverkusen and 7 to Achres, 2 R.C.M. sorties, 9 Stirlings minelaying in the Frisian Islands. No losses.
