SAARBRCKEN
274 aircraft - 242 Halifaxes, 20 Lancasters, 12 Mosquitoes - of 4, 6 and 8 Groups. 1 Halifax crashed in France.
48. This Halifax of 51 Squadron had its nose smashed off in a collision with another bomber after bombing Saarbrcken on the
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SAARBRCKEN
134 Lancasters of 3 Group attacked the railway yards in clear visibility and without loss.
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LEUNA
573 Lancasters and 14 Mosquitoes of 1, 5, 6 and 8 Groups carried out two attacks, 3 hours apart, on the synthetic-oil plant. The attacks caused severe damage throughout the plant. Albert Speer, in his post-war interrogations, stated that this was one of a group of most damaging raids on the synthetic-oil industry carried out during this period. 10 Lancasters lost.
GREVENBROICH
151 aircraft - 136 Halifaxes, 12 Mosquitoes, 3 Lancasters - of 6 and 8 Groups attacked the railway yards. The raid was successful and no aircraft were lost.
DLMEN
115 aircraft - 100 Halifaxes, 12 Mosquitoes, 3 Lancasters - of 4 and 8 Groups attempted to bomb a Luftwaffe fuel-storage depot at Dlmen, near Mnster, but most of the bombing fell in open country south and south-east of the target. Only slight damage was caused to the fuel dump. 1 Halifax lost.
SUPPORT AND MINOR OPERATIONS
126 training aircraft on a diversionary sweep over the North Sea, 83 Mosquitoes to Berlin and 9 to Mannheim, 58 R.C.M. sorties, 54 Mosquito patrols, 21 Halifaxes and 10 Lancasters minelaying off Oslo and in the Kattegat. 1 Lancaster from the diversionary sweep and 1 Mosquito of 100 Group were lost; 3 Mosquitoes from the Berlin raid crashed in Belgium and 1 R.C.M. Liberator crashed in Holland. A further 7 aircraft from the sweep and 5 Mosquitoes from the Berlin raid crashed in England because of bad weather.
Total effort for the night: 1,214 sorties, 17 aircraft (1.4 percent) lost and 14 aircraft crashed in England.
