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RHEYDT
200 Lancasters and 11 Mosquitoes of 1, 3, 5 and 8 Groups attacked the railway yards. 1 Lancaster was lost and 1 Mosquito crashed behind the Allied lines in Holland.
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OPLADEN
328 aircraft - 227 Halifaxes, 66 Lancasters, 35 Mosquitoes. 2 Lancasters lost. 9 of the Mosquitoes bombed 3_ hours before the main raid. The aiming point for the attack was the marshalling yards but results are not known.
Minor Operations: 7 Mosquitoes on Oboe trials to Bonn, Eisenach, Frankfurt and Kassel (probably calibrating new Oboe stations in France and Belgium), 7 Mosquitoes on 'siren tours' of Hamburg, Hannover, Mnster and Osnabrck, 32 R.C.M. sorties, 37 Mosquito patrols. No aircraft lost.
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