Raid on Le Havre: 10 September 1944

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6112 BIN 10-9-44 // 8" 10 000 <- 131° 18:44 LE HAVRE MI 13x1000 4x500 c 24 secs F/O Grimmet K2 460

Le Havre, K2,(ND615), 10 Sep 1944, 18:44 hours
10,000 feet, Bomb load: 13 x 1,000, 4 x 500.
Good weather, wizard prang,
Bomb from 8,000 feet, 1,000 aircraft

Le Havre – 992 aircraft – 521 Lancasters, 426 Halifaxes, 45 Mosquitoes – attacked eight different German strong points. Each target was separately marked by the Pathfinders and the accurately bombed. No aircraft lost.

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