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Bomber Command raid - night of 25/26 February 1945

Berlin · Germany

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MINOR OPERATIONS
63 Mosquitoes to Erfurt, 10 each to Berlin and Mainz and 6 to Bremen, 8 R.C.M. sorties, 23 Mosquito patrols, 10 Halifaxes of 6 Group minelaying in Oslo Fjord, 20 aircraft on Resistance operations. 1 Halifax minelayer lost.

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DORTMUND
149 Lancasters of 3 Group carried out a G-H attack on the Hoesch benzol-oil plant through cloud. No results were seen but the bombing appeared to be concentrated. No aircraft lost.

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MINOR OPERATIONS
38 Mosquitoes each to Berlin and Nuremberg, 3 Mosquitoes on 'siren tours' of Northern Germany, 1 R.C.M. sortie, 6 Mosquito patrols, 18 aircraft on Resistance operations. 1 Stirling lost on a Resistance flight.

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