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Bomber Command raid - night of 12/13 April 1944

Heligoland · Germany

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OSNABRCK
39 Mosquitoes carried out a harassing raid without loss.
Minor Operations: 2 Mosquitoes on Serrate patrols, 40 Halifaxes and 10 Stirlings minelaying in the Frisians and off Heligoland, 21 aircraft on Resistance operations, 11 O.T.U. sorties. 2 Stirlings lost on Resistance operations.

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BERLIN
29 Mosquitoes were dispatched but observation of bombing results was not possible because of the glare of massed searchlights. No aircraft lost.
Minor Operations: 6 Mosquitoes to Dren and 3 to Dortmund, 10 Stirlings and 6 Halifaxes minelaying off Cherbourg, Le Havre and La Pallice. No losses.

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