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Eight operation
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27 March 1945 Take off: 14.55pm. Return: 19.45pm.
Paderborn – Railway marshalling yards Lancaster PD 271 T - Tare
268 Lancasters and 8 Mosquitos to attack Paderborn from No. 1 and 8 Groups
where American troops were attempting to complete the encirclement of the Ruhr.
No aircraft lost. Paderborn was covered by cloud but the raid was still carried out
with almost perfect accuracy and this old town was virtually destroyed in less than a
quarter of an hour.
