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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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3 Mosquitoes to Germany, only 1 bombed. No aircraft lost.
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THE RUHR
25 aircraft, 17 to Essen and 8 to Bochum. The intention was to reach the target area by Gee and then to bomb visually through gaps in the cloud. Only 3 aircraft bombed at Bochum and only 1 at Essen. 5 aircraft - 3 Halifaxes, 1 Lancaster and 1 Wellington - were lost and a further aircraft crashed in England.
Minor Operations: 57 aircraft minelaying off France, Holland and Germany, 14 aircraft on leaflet flights. 1 Wellington minelayer lost.
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