6 Bomber Group October 6, 1944
248 Halifaxes from 408, 415, 420, 424, 425, 426,427, 429, 431, 432, 433, and 434 squadrons were joined by 45 Lancasters from 419 and 428 squadrons on an attack at Dortmund. This was the greatest effort that the 6 group would send out during the war. The crews were over the target between 17,000 and 20,500 feet releasing 1,510,000 lbs of high explosives and 383,000 lbs of incendiaries. According to reports, bombing was accurate and the transportation and industrial sections were well hit. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
On 1944-10-07, Squadron Leader A. Ross Dawson, the Chief Technical Officer with 424/433 Sqns at Skipton on Swale, wrote in his diary:
"Things went very quietly today while we . . licked our wounds so to speak after yesterday's large scale effort. The a/c kept dribbling in, off and on, all day except G of 433 which went missing last night,our first one in about a month and a half. Another kite, X of 433, landed down south in Woodbridge badly damages by flak and night fighters. Then to make matters worse somebody dropped a load of incendiaries through the nose seriously wounding the bomb aimer & made the kite a Cat AC. At 3 o'clock word came through of another all-out effort for early tomorrow morning . . ."
Diary of A Ross Dawson, courtesy CWM