ESSEN
{{webimage,wardiaries.jpg,float:right;width:150px;,Book no longer in print}}170 aircraft - 92 Wellingtons, 42 Halifaxes, 14 Stirlings, 13 Lancasters, 9 Hampdens.
19 aircraft - 7 Wellingtons, 7 Halifaxes, 3 Lancasters, 1 Hampden, 1 Stirling - lost.
Yet again, this target was not identified accurately and bombing was scattered over a wide ares. Essen suffered further light housing damage, 13 people killed and 42 injured.
Minor operations: 19 aircraft to Dieppe, 6 Blenheim Intruders, 1 Stirling on a leaflet flight. No losses.The Bomber Command War Diaries, Middlebrook and Everitt
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Wellington X3725 Missing on Operation to Essen.
Flying Officer Winston David Love, 402243 RAAF, pilot; Flight Sergeant Emil Francois Bruno Mandin, 75471 RCAF, observer; Sergeant Leslie Charles Gray, 1174107 RAFVR, wireless operator; Sergeant Robert Dudley Procter, 1306729 RAFVR, air gunner; Sergeant Lancelot Dent, 1379092 RAFVR, air gunner Were all killed
