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HANNOVER
242 Halifaxes of 4 and 6 Groups and 21 Pathfinder Lancasters dispatched but recalled because of deteriorating weather in England. All aircraft landed safely.
Minor Operations: 4 Mosquitoes to Pforzheim and 2 each to Cologne and DÜSSELDORF but only Pforzheim (where 11 people were killed) was reached, 7 aircraft minelaying in an unrecorded area. No aircraft lost.
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NEUSS
100 Lancasters of 3 Group; none lost.
This G-H raid was not as concentrated as the recent Bonn raid and bombing was scattered. The local report says that 94 houses and 3 industrial buildings were destroyed and 545 houses, 18 industrial buildings and 1 public building were seriously damaged. 65 people were killed and 175 injured.
Minor Operations: 3 R.C.M. sorties, 1 Hudson on a Resistance operation. No losses.
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MINOR OPERATIONS
45 Mosquitoes to Hamburg, 4 to Wiesbaden, 3 to DÜSSELDORF and 2 to Cologne, 6 Serrate patrols, 20 Lancasters and 19 Halifaxes minelaying in the Kattegat, 6 Stirlings on Resistance operations. No aircraft lost.
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