The story
8 Lancasters minelaying in Kiel Bay and off Denmark. No aircraft lost.
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3 Mosquitoes and 1 Wellington to the Ruhr, Stuttgart and Bremen all turned back.
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ESSEN
38 aircraft dispatched encountered severe icing and only 18 aircraft bombed in the Essen area. 1 Lancaster lost.
45 aircraft minelaying in the Frisians and off Brest, Lorient and St-Nazaire. 2 Wellingtons lost.
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