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5 GROUP RAIDS
102 Lancasters of 5 Group carried out moonlight raids on 4 factories in France - 33 aircraft to the Michelin works at Clermont-Ferrand, 30 to an aircraft factory at Chteauroux, 23 to Ossun and 16 (from 617 Squadron) to the La Ricamerie factory. All targets were successfully bombed. 1 Lancaster lost from the Clermont-Ferrand raid.
Minor Operations: 29 Mosquitoes to Duisburg, 93 aircraft on Resistance operations. No losses.
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MINOR OPERATIONS
47 Mosquitoes to 6 German cities, with the largest raid being by 20 aircraft to Hamburg, 4 Serrate patrols, 43 aircraft minelaying in the Frisians and off Brest and Biscay ports, 22 aircraft on Resistance operations, 21 O.T.U. sorties. 1 Stirling minelayer lost.
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