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Bomber Command raid - 1 December 1943

Essen · Germany

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100 Group Operations
192 Squadron, flying from Foulsham, inaugurated 100 Group's operations by dispatching 4 Wellingtons on radio-countermeasures flights. (These operations are recorded as 'R.C.M. sorties' in subsequent diary entries. The loose term 'R.C.M.' covered a variety of operations and some R.C.M. aircraft also carried bombs which were dropped on main or decoy targets.) No aircraft lost.
Minor Operations: 4 Mosquitoes to Essen, 29 Stirlings and 15 Wellingtons minelaying from Brest to Bayonne, 7 O.T.U. sorties. No losses.

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MINELAYING
19 Stirlings and 12 Halifaxes were sent to the Frisians and to the east coast of Denmark. 2 Stirlings lost.

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