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Fifth Operation
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February 1 1945 Take off: 16.45pm. Return: 22.40pm.
Ludwigshafen am Rhein - Area bombing. Lancaster PD232 O - Oboe.
382 Lancasters and 14 Mosquitos of Nos 1, 6 and 8 Groups. 6 Lancasters lost. Most
of the force aimed their loads at skymarkers and the local report shows that bombs
fell in many parts of Ludwigshafen, with much property damage of a mixed nature.
The 900 houses destroyed or seriously damaged were the main item in the report
but it also states that the railway yards were seriously damaged and one of the
Rhine road bridges was hit by 2 bombs and temporarily closed to traffic.
