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BOCHUM
435 aircraft - 375 Halifaxes, 40 Lancasters, 20 Mosquitoes - of 1, 4, 6 and 8 Groups. 4 Halifaxes and 1 Lancaster lost.
This raid was not successful. The target area was covered by cloud and the bombing was scattered. The local report says that there was some damage in the southern districts of Bochum, with 140 houses destroyed or seriously damaged and approximately 150 people killed.
Minor Operations: 47 Mosquitoes to Wilhelmshaven, 5 to Krefeld, 4 to Saarbrcken and 3 to DÜSSELDORF, 34 R.C.M. sorties, 57 Mosquito patrols. No aircraft lost.
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Minor Operations
2 Wellingtons and 1 Liberator on R.C.M. sorties, 2 Ranger patrols, 4 Hudsons and 3 Stirlings on Resistance operations. No aircraft lost.
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MINOR OPERATIONS
49 Mosquitoes to Cologne, 6 each to Aschaffenburg and Pforzheim, 5 to Duisburg and 2 to DÜSSELDORF, 1 Liberator on an R.C.M. sortie. No aircraft lost.
The raid by 49 Mosquitoes on Cologne, which took place through thick cloud, is not recorded in a comprehensive Cologne report and it is possible that the bombs all missed the city, but, by contrast, the 6 Mosquitoes which attacked Pforzheim caused much damage in the northern and eastern parts of the town and killed 64 people.
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