The story
MINOR OPERATIONS
56 Mosquitoes to Berlin, 8 to Paderborn and 6 to Bochum, 39 R.C.M. sorties, 30 Mosquito patrols, 21 Lancasters and 8 Mosquitoes minelaying in Oslo Fjord. 2 Intruder Mosquitoes of 100 Group lost.
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RAILWAY BRIDGES
128 Lancasters of 1 and 5 Groups attacked bridges at Bremen (117 aircraft) and Bad Oeynhausen (11 aircraft). Both bridges were hit. 2 Lancasters were lost from the Bremen raid. (The Bad Oeynhausen bridge may have been the one described as 'at Vlotho' in a raid 4 days earlier; the two places are close to each other, both near Minden.)
WESEL
80 Lancasters of 3 Group attacked the town, which was an important troop centre behind the Rhine front in an area about to be attacked by British troops. The raid was accurate and no aircraft were lost.
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