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Bomber Command raid - night of 16/17 March 1944

Cologne · Germany

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AMIENS
130 aircraft - 81 Halifaxes, 41 Stirlings, 8 Mosquitoes. No aircraft lost. The Bomber Command report again reported sucessful bombing. Amiens suffered 18 civilians killed and at least 14 injured.
Clermont-Ferrand
21 Lancasters of 5 Group, mostly from 617 Squadron, carried out a successful precision attack on the Michelin tyre factory. No aircraft lost.
Minor Operations: 8 Mosquitoes to Cologne and 1 to Duisburg (only Cologne was bombed), 2 R.C.M. sorties, 2 Serrate patrols, 3 Stirlings minelaying off the Dutch coast. No losses.

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MINOR OPERATIONS
28 Mosquitoes to Cologne and 2 to Aachen, 1 Mosquito on R.C.M. sortie. No losses.

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