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GIVORS
178 Lancasters and 9 Mosquitoes of 5 Group carried out an accurate attack on the railway yards. 4 Lancasters and 2 Mosquitoes lost.
Minor Operations: 30 Mosquitoes to Hamburg, 11 to Somain and 2 to Saarbrcken, 6 R.C.M. sorties, 23 Mosquito patrols, 6 Lancasters minelaying off Heligoland, 6 aircraft on Resistance operations. 1 Mosquito lost from the Hamburg raid.
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FLYING-BOMB SITES
72 aircraft - 36 Lancasters, 24 Stirlings, 12 Mosquitoes - of 3 and 8 Groups attacked 5 sites without loss. All targets were cloud-covered and most of the bombing was 'confused and scattered'.
Some of the Stirlings on this raid, from 218 Squadron, were fitted with the G-H blind-bombing device and they used this in the attack on one of the sites; this was the first use of the 'G-H leader' technique.
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MINOR OPERATIONS
30 Mosquitoes to Stuttgart and 12 aircraft on Resistance operations. No aircraft lost.
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