The story
PLAUEN
307 Lancasters and 8 Mosquitoes of 1 and 8 Groups. No aircraft lost.
The bombing fell around the railway yards in the northern half of the town. The railways were hit and 365 acres, 51 percent, of the town's built-up area were also destroyed.
LEIPZIG
76 Lancasters and 19 Mosquitoes of 5 and 8 Groups attacked the Wahren railway yards. The eastern half of the yards was destroyed. 7 Lancasters lost.
Minor Operations: 77 Mosquitoes to Berlin, 21 to Chemnitz and 7 to Bayreuth, 53 R.C.M. sorties, 26 Mosquito patrols. 1 Mosquito from the Berlin raid and 1 R.C.M. Halifax were lost.
Total effort for the night: 594 sorties, 9 aircraft (1.5 percent) lost.
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NUREMBERG
129 Halifaxes of 4 Group and 14 Pathfinder Lancasters attacked the railway yards with great accuracy. No aircraft lost.
BAYREUTH
100 Halifaxes of 4 Group and 14 Lancasters and 8 Mosquitoes of 8 Group also carried out a very good attack on railway yards without loss.
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MOSQUITO OPERATIONS
107 Mosquitoes attacked Berlin in 3 waves. Large fires were seen. 1 Mosquito lost. 8 Mosquitoes attacked Munich without loss.
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