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MINOR OPERATIONS
79 Mosquitoes to Berlin, 35 to Wittstock airfield and 8 to Schleswig airfield, 34 R.C.M. sorties, 40 Mosquito patrols. No aircraft lost.
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REGENSBURG
100 Lancasters of 3 Group bombed the fuel-storage depot accurately. 1 Lancaster lost.
This was the last raid in the current campaign against German oil targets which had been waged since June 1944. Much of Bomber Command's effort during this period, sometimes at considerable loss, had been devoted to these oil operations, which had helped not only the Allied ground forces on the Western Front but also those fighting in Italy and on the Eastern Front.
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BERLIN
76 Mosquitoes made 6 separate attacks on Berlin. This was the last R.A.F. raid of the war on Berlin; the Russians were about to enter the city. Mosquito XVI M L 929, of 109 Squadron, claimed the last bombs - 4 500-pounders - at 2.14 a.m. British Time. The crew were Flying Officer A. C. Austin, pilot, and Flying Officer P. Moorhead, navigator. All aircraft returned safely.
Minor Operations: 36 Mosquitoes to Schleissheim airfield, 3 R.C.M. sorties, 2 Mosquito patrols. No aircraft lost.
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