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2 Liberators and 2 Wellingtons flew uneventful signals patrols.
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BOCHUM
435 aircraft - 375 Halifaxes, 40 Lancasters, 20 Mosquitoes - of 1, 4, 6 and 8 Groups. 4 Halifaxes and 1 Lancaster lost.
This raid was not successful. The target area was covered by cloud and the bombing was scattered. The local report says that there was some damage in the southern districts of Bochum, with 140 houses destroyed or seriously damaged and approximately 150 people killed.
Minor Operations: 47 Mosquitoes to Wilhelmshaven, 5 to Krefeld, 4 to Saarbrcken and 3 to DÜSSELDORF, 34 R.C.M. sorties, 57 Mosquito patrols. No aircraft lost.
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