COLOGNE
26 Mosquitoes; none lost.
Minor Operations: 2 Mosquitoes to Le Mans railway yards, 2 Serrate patrols, 14 Halifaxes and 6 Stirlings minelaying in Kiel Bay and the Frisians, 4 O.T.U. sorties. 1 Halifax minelayer lost.
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ROUEN
273 Lancasters and 16 Mosquitoes of 1, 3 and 8 Groups. No aircraft lost. Bomber Command claimed a concentrated attack on the railway yards, with much destruction.
JUVISY
202 Lancasters and 4 Mosquitoes of 5 Group, with 3 Oboe Mosquitoes of 8 Group. 1 Lancaster lost. The attack appeared to be completely successful.
NOISY-LE-SEC
181 aircraft - 112 Halifaxes, 61 Lancasters, 8 Mosquitoes - of 6 and 8 Groups. The Mosquitoes also operated against Tergnier. 4 Halifaxes lost.
The local report describes results which were typical of these railway-target raids. The marshalling yards, the engine-sheds and the railway workshops suffered great damage. Approximately 200 delayed-action bombs continued to explode in the week after the raid. A through line was established several days later but the marshalling yards were not completely repaired until 6 years after the war. In addition to this railway damage, however, the bombing area was measured as 6 km long and 3 km wide. 750 houses were destroyed and more than 2,000 damaged. 464 French people were killed and 370 injured.
TERGNIER
171 aircraft - 139 Halifaxes, 24 Lancasters, 8 Mosquitoes - of 3, 4 and 8 Groups. 6 Halifaxes lost. 50 railway lines were blocked but most of the bombing fell on housing areas south-west of the railway yards. French casualties are not known.
MINELAYING OPERATION
168 aircraft - 88 Halifaxes, 44 Stirlings, 36 Lancasters - to Swinemnde, Kiel Bay and to the Danish coast. 2 Stirlings and 1 Halifax lost.
Minor Operations: Mosquitoes - 24 to Berlin, 2 to Osnabrck and 2 to Le Mans, 9 R.C.M. sorties, 32 Serrate patrols, 46 O.T.U. sorties. No aircraft lost.
Total effort for the night: 1,125 sorties, 14 aircraft (1.2 percent) lost. The total number of sorties on this night was a new Bomber Command record.
