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Minor Operations
6 Mosquitoes to Scholven/Buer and 4 to Homberg - both targets were oil plants - 6 Lancasters minelaying off Horn's Reef, 2 Mosquitoes on flying-bomb patrols. No aircraft lost.
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FLYING-BOMB SITES
374 Lancasters and 10 Mosquitoes of 1, 3 and 8 Groups attacked 3 sites. Cloud affected all of the raids but good concentrations of bombs were believed to have been dropped at all targets. No aircraft lost.
4 Mosquitoes on uneventful Ranger patrols.
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