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Bomber Command raid - night of 21/22 December 1943

Frankfurt · Germany

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Minor Operations
9 Oboe Mosquitoes to the Mannesmann factory at DÜSSELDORF and 4 to the Knapsack power station, 4 O.T.U. sorties. No losses.

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FLYING-BOMB SITES
51 aircraft - 29 Stirlings, 11 Lancasters, 8 Mosquitoes, 3 Halifaxes - to attack 2 sites between Abbeville and Amiens. 1 site was bombed accurately but the other could not be located. No aircraft lost.
Minor Operations: 9 Mosquitoes to Frankfurt and 2 to Bonn, 2 R.C.M. sorties, 16 aircraft minelaying off Biscay ports, 21 O.T.U. sorties. No losses.

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