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GENOA
175 aircraft - 85 Lancasters, 45 Halifaxes, 39 Stirlings, 6 Wellingtons. 6 aircraft - 4 Halifaxes. 1 Lancaster. 1 Wellington - lost, 3.4 percent of the force.
Returning crews claimed a very successful and concentrated raid and this was confirmed by photographs. No report is available from Genoa.
36 Wellingtons of 1 Group minelaying in many areas from St-Nazaire to Denmark. 1 aircraft lost.
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MINELAYING
70 aircraft to many places from Brest to the Frisian Islands. 2 Halifaxes and 2 Wellingtons lost.
LEAFLETS
26 Stirlings of 3 Group carried out a special operation to drop leaflets over many towns in France giving news of the latest successes of the Allied forces in North Africa, following the successful invasion of the French territories there. No aircraft were lost.
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