Squadron: (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1944-12-06
Completion Date: 1944-12-06
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Osnabruck Germany
Target Specific:
Base: Skipton-on-Swale
Take Off Time: 16.43
Squadron Code: QB D
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Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
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453 aircraft- 363 Halifaxes, 72 Lancasters, 18 Mosquitoes - of 1, 4, 6 and 8 Groups, 7 Halifaxes and I Lancaster lost.
This was the first major raid on Osnabriick since August 1942. The raid was only a partial success. The railway yards were only slightly damaged but 4 factories were hit, including the Teuto-Metallwerke munitions factory, and 203 houses wen, destroyed. 39 people were killed.
source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
. Halifax aircraft NP 945 was shot down at Geleto, Germany during a night attack against Osnabruck, Germany.
