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MINOR OPERATIONS
37 Lancasters and 18 Halifaxes minelaying in Oslo Fjord and the Kattegat, 2 R.C.M. sorties, 6 Mosquito patrols. 1 Mosquito fighter crashed in France.
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WESEL
100 Lancasters of 3 Group and 1 Mosquito of 8 Group attacked this town on the Rhine, near the fighting area. No aircraft lost.
The raid took place in clear conditions and 'the town and the railway were seen to be smothered in bomb bursts'. No local details are available other than the information that the local population was still present and presumably suffered heavy casualties. The number of civilians killed in Wesel during the war numbered 562. Most of the survivors were evacuated after this raid.
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