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March 15 /16 1945 Take off: 17.30pm. Return: 01.10am.
Misburg – Synthetic Oil Lancaster RA 563 Q-Queen2
257 Lancasters and 8 Mosquitos of No.1 and 8 Group’s attacked the Deurag refinery
at Misburg, on the outskirts of Hannover. Visibility was good and some fires were
started but the main weight of the raid fell south of the target.
4 Lancasters lost.
