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324 Lancasters and 22 Mosquitoes of 1, 6 and 8 Groups. 4 Lancasters lost.
The raid took place in difficult conditions. There was thick cloud over the tnrgol but Oboe sky-markers were accurately placed and the oil refinery was badly hit. Tho local report says that 300 high-explosive bombs fell within the oil-plant area. Thero were two large and IO small fires and much damage to piping and storage tanks. Tho local report records a further 3,198 bombs falling in other parts of Scholvcn nnd Buer, causing much property and some industrial damage; the surface buildings of the Hugo I and Hugo II coal mines were severely damaged. 93 people were killed, or whom 24 were prisoners of war; 41 people were injured and 1,368 people had to leave their homes, 1,178 through bomb damage and 190 because of unexploded bombs.
source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
19 Moose Squadron (Moosa Aswayita). Target - Scholven/Buer, Germany. The crew of Lancaster aircraft KB 753 had just begun their bomb run when the aircraft was hit by flak. The Lancaster blew up and then crashed near Essen, at Gelsenkirchen/Buer, Germany. P/Os H.C.Tarzwell, R.F. Adam, L.P. Wakely, F.S. Dennis, J.C. Rhind, and Sergeant J. Atkinson (RAF) were killed. The rear gunner,Warrant Officer R.G. Rogers was blown out of the aircraft, descended by parachute and was taken Prisoner of War.
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