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Bomber Command raid - 15 April 1944

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The story

and flew from Woodhall Spa until the end of the war.
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
Raids Flown
8
Group Mosquitoes - 73 bombing
5
Group Mosquitoes - 121 marking, 6 minelaying, 4 Window, 35 weather/photo recce
Total - 121 marking, 73 bombing, 45 others = 239 raids
Sorties and Losses
8
Group Mosquitoes - 477 sorties, 4 aircraft lost (0.8 percent)
5
Group Mosquitoes - 1,058 sorties, 15 aircraft lost (1.4 percent)
Total - 1,535 sorties, 19 aircraft lost (1.2 percent)
630 SQUADRON
SERVICE
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