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1 Stirling on a leaflet flight to Belgium returned safely.
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6 Mosquitoes were dispatched on single flights to different targets in the Ruhr and Northern Germany but only 3 aircraft bombed targets of opportunity seen through gaps in the cloud. One of the places bombed was believed to be the inland docks at Duisburg. No aircraft lost.
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DUISBURG
291 aircraft - 170 Wellingtons, 39 Halifaxes, 36 Stirlings, 29 Lancasters, 17 Hampdens. 12 aircraft - 10 Wellingtons, 1 Halifax, 1 Hampden - lost.
13. The Mosquito bomber, which operated so successfully in a variety of roles in Bomber Command. This is an early version, a Mark IV day bomber flying with 105 Squadron in 2 Group, which was only with the squadron for two months before it was shot down in a daylight raid to Northern Germany on
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