STETTIN
461 Lancasters to attack the port and industrial areas. 5 Lancasters lost.
Bomber Command claimed an accurate attack, with much damage in the port and factory area. A German report states that 1,508 houses and 29 industrial premises were destroyed and 1,000 houses and 26 industrial premises badly damaged. 5 ships in the harbour (totalling 5,000 tons) were sunk and 8 ships (15,000 tons) were seriously damaged. 1,150 people were killed and 1,654 were injured; 33 of the dead and 72 of the injured were German soldiers.
KIEL
348 aircraft - 195 Lancasters, 144 Halifaxes, 9 Mosquitoes. 3 Halifaxes and 2 Lancasters lost.
This raid was only partially successful. The local report shows that serious damage was caused to the docks area and to many of the local shipbuilding firms, but it also stated that a large number of bombs fell outside the town, particularly in the Suchsdorf area to the north-west. 6 people were killed and 33 injured.
SUPPORT AND MINOR OPERATIONS
145 aircraft from training units on diversionary sweep over the North Sea, 23 Mosquitoes to Berlin, 5 to Deelen airfield and 3 each to Dortmund, Kamen and Sterkrade, 33 R.C.M. sorties, 47 Mosquito patrols, 89 aircraft minelaying in the Baltic and in Kiel Bay and 4 in the River Gironde, 24 O.T.U. sorties. 6 aircraft lost - 3 Halifaxes minelaying in Kiel Bay and 2 Lancasters off Swinemnde, and 1 O.T.U. Wellington.
Total effort for the night: 1,188 sorties, 16 aircraft (1.3 percent) lost.
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BREST
79 Halifaxes of 4 Group were sent to bomb shipping in the port area of Brest but the target area was covered by 7-10/10ths cloud. Only 54 aircraft bombed and no results were observed. No aircraft lost.
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DIVERSIONARY SWEEP
55 O.T.U. Wellingtons and 14 R.C.M. aircraft carried out a sweep over the North Sea without loss. This type of operation was now being flown on some nights when no major raid was being carried out, in order to draw up the German fighters and cause them to waste fuel. These sweeps were, therefore, part diversionary to confuse the German controllers but also part of the campaign against German oil supplies.
Minor Operations: 37 Mosquitoes to Mannheim and 3 each to Dortmund, Kamen and Sterk-rade, 15 R.C.M. sorties, 14 Mosquito patrols, 12 Halifaxes minelaying off Biscay coasts, 4 aircraft on Resistance operations, 2 O.T.U. leaflet sorties. No aircraft lost.
