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MINOR OPERATIONS
4 Mosquitoes to Duisburg, 39 aircraft minelaying in the Frisians and south of Texel, 2 O.T.U. sorties. 1 Stirling minelayer lost.
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Minor Operations
8 Mosquitoes to Cologne and DÜSSELDORF, 10 Stirlings minelaying in the Frisians, 11 O.T.U. sorties. No losses.
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and flew operations from January 1944 until the end of the war. Flew Halifaxes and Lancasters from Skipton-on-Swale.
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
Raids Flown
Halifaxes - 123 bombing, 39 minelaying
Lancasters - 28 bombing, 14 minelaying
Total - 151 bombing, 53 minelaying - 204 raids
Sorties and Losses
Halifaxes - 1,926 sorties, 28 aircraft lost (1.5 percent)
Lancasters - 390 sorties, 3 aircraft lost (o.8 percent)
Total - 2,316 sorties, 31 aircraft lost (1.3 percent)
4 Halifaxes and 1 Lancaster were destroyed in crashes.
434 (BLUENOSE) SQUADRON
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