2 Mosquitoes attacked Cologne without loss. This was the first Oboe attack on Cologne, which reports 55 houses damaged, 5 people killed and 22 injured. These details of damage and casualties in a minor raid have been included because they show that a few aircraft using modern aids could sometimes cause as much damage as the forces of up to 100 bombers which had often been sent to Cologne in marginal weather conditions in 1941 and 1942.
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6 Wellingtons of 6 Group on a cloud-cover raid to a target near Wilhelmshaven; all found somewhere to bomb without loss. 4 Mosquitoes bombed Osnabrck railway yards; 1 Mosquito lost.
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LORIENT
121 aircraft - 75 Halifaxes, 33 Stirlings, 8 Lancasters, 5 Wellingtons - dispatched and claimed successful bombing of the target area in good visibility. 1 Stirling lost.
DÜSSELDORF
80 Lancasters and 3 Mosquitoes of 1, 5 and 8 Groups dispatched and bombed through complete cloud cover. A brief report from DÜSSELDORF says that some bombs fell in the south of the city. 2 Lancasters lost.
4 O.T.U. Whitleys dropped leaflets on French towns without loss.
