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HAMBURG
35 Mosquitoes; 1 aircraft lost. Hamburg reports 39 people dead and 161 injured (Hamburg's first air-raid casualties since October 1943), 7 fires and 322 people bombed out.
Minor Operations: 14 Mosquitoes bombed 7 targets in the Ruhr and the Rhineland, and 3 aircraft flew R.C.M. sorties. No losses.
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Minor Operations
1 R.C.M. sortie, 4 Mosquitoes on Serrate patrols, 12 Halifaxes minelaying off the Dutch coast. No aircraft lost.
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for the Light Night Striking Force and flew Mosquitoes from Downham Market and Graveley (both briefly), and then Oakington until the end of the war.
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
571 Squadron flew 2,681 Mosquito sorties and lost 8 aircraft (0.3 percent) in 259 bombing raids and 1 minelaying operation.
576 SQUADRON
SERVICE
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