180 aircraft - 98 Wellingtons, 33 Halifaxes, 25 Stirlings, 13 Lancasters, 11 Hampdens. 12 aircraft - 8 Wellingtons, 2 Stirlings, 1 Halifax, 1 Lancaster - lost
This was another failure, with bombing being scattered over a wide area. Essen suffered minor property damage, IO people killed and 68 injured.source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
419 Moose Squadron (Moosa Aswayita). Wellington aircraft X 3486 was carrying 810 x 41b. incendiaries and failed to return from an attack against Essen, Germany.Lost without a trace on raid to Essen, 5/6 June 1942. Based at Mildenhall at that time. 5 crew commemorated on Runnymede Memorial.
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