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ST-MDARD-EN-JALLES
88 Lancasters and 4 Mosquitoes of 5 Group to attack this explosives factory near Bordeaux. Only 26 aircraft bombed the target. Because of haze and smoke from fires started by flares in woods near the factory, the Master Bomber ordered the remainder of the force to retain their bombs. No aircraft lost.
OSLO
51 Lancasters and 4 Mosquitoes of 5 Group were dispatched and bombed an airframe factory near Oslo. Visibility was clear; the bombing was accurate and no aircraft were lost.
Minor Operations: 26 Mosquitoes to Hamburg (3 small fires, 2 people killed, 97 bombed out), 2 R.C.M. sorties, 40 aircraft on Resistance operations. No aircraft lost.
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ST-MDARD-EN-JALLES
68 Lancasters and 5 Mosquitoes of 5 Group returned to the explosives factory and carried out concentrated bombing on it without loss.
CLERMONT-FERRAND
54 Lancasters and 5 Mosquitoes of 5 Group attacked the Michelin tyre factory accurately and without loss.
Minor Operations: 8 Mosquitoes to Oberhausen and 4 to Achres railway yards, 5 R.C.M. sorties, 6 Serrate patrols, 34 Halifaxes and 4 Stirlings minelaying off French ports and in the Frisians. 20 aircraft on Resistance operations, 9 O.T.U. sorties. No aircraft lost.
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