KIEL
60 Mosquitoes; none lost. The Kiel report says that bombs fell in many parts of the town but no one was killed. Many of the inhabitants of the remaining German targets were spending these last few days of the war permanently in air-raid shelters.
Minor Operations: 38 Mosquitoes to Rendsburg, 32 to Travemnde and 8 to Schleissheim airfield, 45 R.C.M. sorties, 35 Mosquito patrols. No aircraft lost.
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BAD OLDESLOE
110 Lancasters attacked the railway yards. No aircraft lost.
A short report from Germany states that this town, midway between Hamburg and Lbeck, was unprepared for air attack and its precautions were 'slack'. Approximately 700 people were killed and 300 were injured when bombs fell in areas near the railway yards.
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PRISONER-OF-WAR CAMPS
30 Mosquitoes and 7 Lancasters dropped leaflets on 8 camps in which British prisoners-of-war were waiting to be liberated. Medical supplies were also dropped at the Neubrandenburg camp, north of Berlin. No aircraft were lost.
Minor Operations: 40 Mosquitoes to Schleissheim airfield, 38 to Pasing airfield and 17 to Kiel, 27 R.C.M. sorties, 19 Mosquito patrols. 1 Mosquito from the Schleissheim raid crashed in Belgium.
