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Sixth Operation
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February 2 /3 1945 Take off: 20.35pm. Return: 03.10am.
Wiesbaden - Area bombing. Lancaster PD232 O - Oboe.
495 Lancasters and 12 Mosquitos of No. 1, 3, 6 and 8 Groups to Wiesbaden.
3 Lancasters crashed in France. This was Bomber Command's one and only large raid on
Wiesbaden. There was complete cloud cover but most of the bombing hit the town. 5 important
war industries along the banks of the Rhine were untouched but the railway station was damaged.
