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MINOR OPERATIONS
48 Mosquitoes to Mannheim and 4 to a chemical factory at Hchst, just west of Frankfurt, 3 R.C.M. sorties, 30 Mosquito patrols. 1 Mosquito lost from the Mannheim raid.
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CALAIS AREA
722 aircraft - 388 Lancasters, 289 Halifaxes, 45 Mosquitoes - carried out 2 separate raids. 531 aircraft were dispatched to 4 targets at Cap Gris Nez and 191 aircraft to 3 targets near Calais. Accurate and concentrated bombing was observed at all targets. 2 Lancasters lost.
Minor Operations: 5 R.C.M. sorties, 2 Ranger patrols, 5 Hudsons on Resistance operations, 74 Halifaxes on petrol-carrying flights. No aircraft lost.
Total effort for the day: 808 sorties, 2 aircraft (0.2 percent) lost.
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KARLSRUHE
226 Lancasters and 11 Mosquitoes of 1 and 5 Groups. 2 Lancasters lost.
Bomber Command claimed a concentrated attack, with a large area of the city devastated. A short local report says that there was damage throughout Karlsruhe, mentions damage to the Schloss, the Rathaus, the Orangerie, the Stefanskirche and the Kunsthalle, but gives no statistics other than a vague estimate of 50 people killed.
Minor Operations: 50 Mosquitoes to Frankfurt and 6 to Hamburg, 26 R.C.M. sorties, 50 Mosquito patrols. No aircraft lost.
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