He flew with a Short Stirling (type I, serial BF397, code -).
2 Mosquitos attacked Cologne without loss. This was the first Oboe attack on Cologne and the damage reported (55 houses damaged, 5 people killed and 22 injured) 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.
6 Wellingtons of No 6 Group on a cloud-cover raid to a target near Wilhelmshaven; all found somewhere to bomb without loss. 4 Mosquitos bombed Osnabrück railway yards; 1 Mosquito lost.
121 aircraft - 75 Halifaxes, 33 Stirlings, 8 Lancasters, 5 Wellingtons - ordered to Lorient and claimed successful bombing of the target area in good visibility. 1 Stirling lost.
Düsseldor was raided by f80 Lancasters and 3 Mosquitos of Nos 1, 5 and 8 Groups which bombed through complete cloud cover. 2 Lancasters lost.
4 OTU Whitleys dropped leaflets on French towns without loss.
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