Bomber Command raid - night of 15/16 December 1942

5 Wellingtons minelaying off Lorient and St-Nazaire without loss.

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Minor Operations
8 Wellingtons attempted to bomb a German aircraft depot at Diepholz; 3 aircraft bombed the general area of the target but 'with no evidence of success' and 1 Wellington was lost. 18 aircraft minelaying in the River Gironde and off Brest and Lorient; 1 Stirling lost.