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LEIPZIG
358 Lancasters of 1, 5, 6 and 8 Groups. 16 Lancasters lost, 4.5 percent of the force.
This was the first serious attack on this distant German city. Weather conditions were very difficult - Bomber Command records describe them as 'appalling' - and the bombing was very scattered. No report is available from Leipzig but it is unlikely that much damage was caused by the 271 aircraft which bombed in that area.
Minor Operations: 28 Mosquitoes to Berlin, Cologne, Brauweiler and Emden, 12 Stirlings minelaying in the Frisians, 26 O.T.U. sorties. 2 Mosquitoes lost.
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