RAILWAYS
378 Lancasters and 7 Mosquitoes of 1, 5 and 8 Groups attacked railway targets at Culmont, Revigny and Tours. Culmont and Tours were accurately bombed but cloud interfered with the all-1 Group raid at Revigny and only half of the force bombed. 10 Lancasters were lost on the Revigny raid and 2 on the Culmont raid.
FLYING-BOMB SITES
230 aircraft - 196 Halifaxes, 17 Lancasters, 17 Mosquitoes - of 4, 6 and 8 Groups attacked 4 launching sites. All targets were hit, the raid on the Bremont-les-Hautes site being particularly accurate. No aircraft were lost.
SUPPORT AND MINOR OPERATIONS
168 aircraft of all Main Force groups and 92 and 93 (O.T.U.) Groups on a diversionary sweep over the North Sea, 8 Mosquitoes to Homberg, 32 R.C.M. sorties, 32 Mosquito patrols, 12 Halifaxes minelaying off Heligoland, 14 O.T.U. sorties. No aircraft lost.
Total effort for the night: 881 sorties, 12 aircraft (1.4 percent) lost.
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13 Lancasters of 8 Group to attack a flying-bomb site and 2 Mosquitoes on Ranger patrols but thick cloud prevented all aircraft from operating.
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Minor Operations
4 Mosquitoes to Homberg and Scholven/Buer, 4 Serrate patrols over Denmark, 6 Stirlings minelaying off Brest, 3 Halifaxes on Resistance operations. No aircraft lost.
