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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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