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Bomber Command raid - night of 17/18 February 1945

Bremen · Germany

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Bremen
6 Oboe Mosquitoes attacked the Deschimag shipyard but no results were seen because of ground fog. No aircraft lost.

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WESEL
160 Lancasters of 3 Group carried out a G-H attack through cloud. No Lancasters lost.

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MINOR OPERATIONS
32 Mosquitoes to Mannheim, 6 each to Berlin and Bremen and 3 on 'siren tours' of various towns in Central Germany, 34 R.C.M. sorties, 18 Mosquito patrols, 21 Lancasters and 4 Halifaxes minelaying in the German Bight. 2 Lancasters were lost from the minelaying force.

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