The story
MINOR OPERATIONS
30 Mosquitoes to Frankfurt (though some bombs fell in Mainz 20 miles away, killing 8 people), 9 to St-Trond and 4 to Coulommiers (these last 2 targets were German night-fighter airfields), 13 R.C.M. sorties, 6 Mosquito patrols, 9 O.T.U. sorties. No aircraft lost.
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NORMANDY BATTLE AREA
692 aircraft - 462 Lancasters, 200 Halifaxes, 30 Mosquitoes - were sent to bomb 6 German positions in front of a mainly American ground attack in the Villers Bocage-Caumont area. The presence of cloud caused many difficulties and only 377 aircraft were able to bomb, on to Oboe markers, and only 2 of the 6 targets were effectively hit. 4 Lancasters lost.
2 Mosquitoes carried out uneventful Ranger patrols.
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Minor Operations
20 Halifaxes on Resistance operations, 6 O.T.U. sorties. No aircraft lost.
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