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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
419 Moose Squadron (Moosa Aswayita). Lancaster aircraft KB 765 was hit by flak, blew up and crashed twelve miles north-east of Essen, Germany, at Gelsenkirchen/Buer, Germany during an evening attack against Scholven/Buer, Germany. F/Os V.A.Sorrenti, R.A. McVicar, FS W.G. Morgan, P/Os T.J. Maloney, R.C. Conley, Sergeant J. Feldman, and Sergeant R.E. Eratt (RAF) were killed. FS McLeod was blown clear, parachuted down and was taken Prisoner of War.
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