STUTTGART
412 Lancasters and 138 Halifaxes to continue the attack on Stuttgart. 8 Lancasters and 4 Halifaxes lost, 2.2 percent of the force.
WANNE-EICKEL
135 aircraft - 114 Halifaxes, 11 Lancasters, 10 Mosquitoes - of 1, 4 and 8 Groups attacked the Krupp oil refinery. No aircraft lost.
Only a few bombs hit a corner of the oil refinery and production was not seriously affected. Other bombs hit the south-eastern part of Eickel, destroying 14 houses and killed 29 civilians, 4 foreign workers and 3 prisoners of war and causing production at the Hannibal coal mine to cease.
FLYING-BOMB SITES
36 Lancasters and 15 Mosquitoes of 1 and 8 Groups bombed 3 launching sites and succeeded in destroying the launching ramp at the Bois-des-Jardins site. No aircraft lost.
38. Lancasters and Halifaxes finally destroy Stuttgart in the raid of
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. The city on fire.
Minor Operations: 21 Mosquitoes to Berlin, 15 to Mannheim and 6 to Somain, 28 R.C.M. sorties, 37 Mosquito patrols, 4 Halifaxes minelaying off Brest, 5 Halifaxes on Resistance operations, 1 Mosquito of 100 Group lost.
Total effort for the night: 852 sorties, 13 aircraft (1.5 percent) lost.
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GIVORS
178 Lancasters and 9 Mosquitoes of 5 Group carried out an accurate attack on the railway yards. 4 Lancasters and 2 Mosquitoes lost.
Minor Operations: 30 Mosquitoes to Hamburg, 11 to Somain and 2 to Saarbrcken, 6 R.C.M. sorties, 23 Mosquito patrols, 6 Lancasters minelaying off Heligoland, 6 aircraft on Resistance operations. 1 Mosquito lost from the Hamburg raid.
