The story
ROSTOCK
125 aircraft of 6 types, 91 to the town and 34 to the Heinkel factory. 1 Hampden lost.
The centre of the town was bombed heavily on this night but the Heinkel factory buildings were not hit, although some bombs did fall in the general factory area.
Minor Operations: 39 aircraft to Dunkirk, 4 Blenheim Intruders, 3 leaflet flights. 1 Intruder lost.
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36 Bostons on Circus operations to Abbeville railway yards, Morlaix airfield and harbour targets at Cherbourg, Le Havre and Dunkirk. 29 aircraft bombed; 2 Bostons lost.
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ROSTOCK
128 aircraft of 6 types, no to the town and 18 to the Heinkel factory. No aircraft were lost although crews reported that Rostock's Flak defences had been strengthened.
Heavy bombing of the town and many fires were achieved. Some aircraft also hit the Heinkel factory for the first time; the crews achieving this were flying Manchesters from 106 Squadron, which was commanded by Wing Commander Guy Gibson.
Minor Operations: 6 Stirlings carried out a long-range attack on the _koda armaments factory at Pilsen in Czechoslovakia (this target was found to be cloud-covered on arrival but at least 5 Stirlings bombed), 32 aircraft to Dunkirk, 2 Blenheim Intruders, 5 leaflet flights to France. 1 Stirling lost from the Pilsen raid.
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