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LBECK
21 Stirlings in a raid using similar tactics to the cloud-cover approach and dusk attack as had been used on the recent raid to Danzig. Only 8 aircraft reported bombing the main target; 2 Stirlings were lost.
Other Operations: 2 Wellingtons on cloud-cover raids to Essen, 4 Mosquitoes - 2 to Ijmuiden, 1 to Vegesack and 1 to Wilhelmshaven. The only loss was the Mosquito to Wilhelmshaven whose local diary says that it dropped 2 bombs in dockyard installations, wounding 4 people, but was then shot down.
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