The story
MOSQUITO OPERATIONS
50 Mosquitoes to Hannover and 3 each to Cologne, Koblenz, Mannheim and Wiesbaden. No aircraft lost.
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KREFELD
152 Lancasters of 3 Group carried out a G-H raid on the railway yard in the Uerdingen suburb of Krefeld. A composite report from Krefeld describes this raid as a 'Grossangriff', one of only 3 such classifications in the whole war and the report confirms that the bombing was in the 'eastern districts' where Uerdingen is located. No other information is available. No aircraft lost.
1 Stirling flew on a Resistance operation.
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