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596 aircraft- 323 Lancasters, 254 Halifaxes, 19 Mosquitoes - of all groups except 5 Group. 29 aircraft- 16 Halifaxes and 13 Lancasters - lost, 4·9 per cent 9f the force.
2,150 tons of bombs were dropped in this old-style heavy attack on a German city which caused much destruction but also allowed the German night-fighter force to penetrate the bomber stream. The attack fell mostly in the northern districts of Diisseldorf. Widespread damage was caused. Among the mass of statistics· in the local report are: 56 large industrial premises hit (of which 7 were completely des¬troyed), more than 2,000 houses destroyed or badly damaged. Casualties recorded by 2.0 p.m. on 25 April were 883 people killed, 593 injured and 403 still to be dug out of wrecked buildings; at least three quarters of this last figure would have been dead.
source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
Halifax aircraft MZ 514 Shot down by a night fighter from I./NJG 1, during night attack against Dusseldorf, Germany. F/O. P.G. MacGregor, P/O.s R.L.Lochhead, N.H. Lynch, F. Hatchman, J.L. Priamo, Sgt.s R.B. Corkill (RAF), and A. Howcroft (RAF) were killed.
