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Bomber Command raid - night of 1/2 April 1945

North Sea · International Waters

The story

Intruders
4 Mosquitoes of 100 Group, operating from a forward airfield in France, patrolled airfields in Southern Germany. 1 Mosquito was lost, hit by Flak and seen to crash at Leipheim, a small airfield near Ulm.

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MINOR OPERATIONS
59 training aircraft on a sweep over the North Sea, 54 Mosquitoes to Berlin, 50 to Magdeburg, 8 to Lneburg and 1 each to Hamburg and Lbeck, 55 R.C.M. sorties, 26 Mosquito patrols. 1 Mosquito lost from the Berlin raid.

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