The story
ESSEN
3 Pathfinder Mosquitoes and 19 Lancasters of 5 Group. No aircraft lost.
This raid was not as effective as earlier Oboe trials. Only incendiary bombs were recorded in Essen but 9 buildings were destroyed, 34 seriously damaged and 10 people were killed.
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