HAINE-ST-PIERRE
123 aircraft - 62 Halifaxes, 53 Lancasters, 8 Mosquitoes - of 6 and 8 Groups. 6 Halifaxes and 3 Lancasters lost. Severe damage was caused to half of the railway yards and to locomotive sheds.
BREST
58 Lancasters and 6 Mosquitoes of 5 Group attacked the airfield and seaplane base at Lanveoc-Poulmic with great accuracy. 1 Lancaster lost.
MORSALINES
31 Halifaxes of 4 Group and 8 Pathfinder Mosquitoes scored direct hits on a coastal gun position. 1 Halifax lost.
BERNEVAL
32 Halifaxes of 4 Group and 7 Pathfinder Mosquitoes attacked a gun position but only 1 aircraft hit the target. Most of the bombing was 600-700 yards from the gun position. No aircraft lost.
CAP GRIZ NEZ
30 Lancasters of 3 Group and 8 Pathfinder Mosquitoes located the gun position but no hits were scored. No aircraft lost.
Minor Operations: 28 Mosquitoes to Osnabrck and 2 to Oberhausen, 4 R.C.M. sorties, 10 Serrate patrols, 30 Halifaxes and 8 Stirlings minelaying off the Dutch and French coasts, 41 aircraft on Resistance operations, 26 O.T.U. sorties. 1 Stirling lost on Resistance supply work.
Total effort for the night: 452 sorties, 12 aircraft (2.7 percent) lost.
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COASTAL BATTERIES
414 aircraft - 206 Halifaxes, 180 Lancasters, 28 Mosquitoes - attacked 7 coastal gun batteries in the Pas de Calais area. Four of the positions were claimed to have been hit. 1 Lancaster lost while bombing the Mardyck position.
GENNEVILLIERS
56 Lancasters and 8 Mosquitoes of 5 Group attacked the Gnome & Rhne factory and another factory near by. A local report confirms the Bomber Command claim that both targets were hit, but 24 French people were killed and 107 injured. 5 Lancasters lost.
ANNECY
39 Lancasters and 4 Mosquitoes of 5 Group to a small ball-bearing factory. Weather en route was very bad and only 2 Mosquito marker aircraft reached the target, but the factory was accurately bombed. No aircraft lost.
Minor Operations: 30 Mosquitoes to Berlin and 6 to Chteaudun, 10 R.C.M. sorties, 11 Serrate and 24 Intruder patrols, 20 Halifaxes and 5 Stirlings minelaying off Dutch and French coasts, 43 aircraft on Resistance operations, 12 O.T.U. sorties. 2 Stirlings and 1 Halifax on Resistance operations and 1 O.T.U. Wellington were lost.
Total effort for the night: 682 sorties in 18 separate operations, 10 aircraft (1.5 percent) lost.
