The story
WILHELMSHAVEN
285 aircraft - 137 Wellingtons, 52 Lancasters, 38 Halifaxes, 34 Stirlings, 24 Hampdens - to attack the dock areas. 5 aircraft - 3 Wellingtons, 1 Halifax, 1 Lancaster - lost.
Photographs showed that most of the bombing fell in open country west of the target. Wilhelmshaven reports damage to housing and a variety of other premises: the harbourmaster's residence and offices, a dockyard restaurant, a department store and a bus garage with 30 buses inside which were all destroyed. 25 people were killed and 170 injured.
5 Halifaxes made leaflet flights to France without loss.
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1 Mosquito to Wilhelmshaven bombed through cloud. The local diary has no entry.
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MINELAYING
59 aircraft to Heligoland and the Frisian Islands. 1 Wellington lost.
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