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HANNOVER
65 Wellingtons and 13 Hampdens. 4 Wellingtons were lost including one of the Gee trial aircraft but the loss of this aircraft did not result in the Germans discovering any details of the still secret equipment.
BERLIN
70 aircraft - 40 Wellingtons, 12 Halifaxes, 9 Stirlings, 9 Manchesters; the Air Ministry building in the Alexander Platz was the aiming point but only 32 aircraft reached and bombed in the Berlin area and 9 aircraft - 3 Manchesters, 3 Wellingtons, 2 Halifaxes, 1 Stirling - were lost.
MAGDEBURG
36 Hampdens; none lost.
ESSEN
35 aircraft - 30 Wellingtons, 3 Stirlings, 2 Halifaxes; the target, the Krupps works, was not hit. 1 Wellington was shot down over England by an Intruder.
Minor Operations: 14 Wellingtons to Le Havre, 1 Stirling to Bielefeld. No losses.
Total effort for the night: 234 sorties, 14 aircraft (60 percent) lost and 6 more crashed in England.
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