[Nick Beale]

Some information on the Portsmouth raid of 15/16 May 1944 from ULTRA:

Total aircraft operating: 106, consisting of 38 Ju 188; 34 Ju 88; 15 Fw 190; 9 Me 410; 6 Ju 88 S; 4 Do 217. Also 1 Ju 188 on night photo reconnaissance.

Main attack: 69 aircraft (3 Do 217; 34 Ju 88; 32 Ju 188) dropping 6 x SC 100 Trialen; 29 x SC 1000; 39 x SC 500 Trialen; 250 x SC 50; 69 x BM 1000-105A.

Missing: one Do 217 of III./KG 2; one Ju 188 of I./KG 2; two Ju 188 of I./KG 2; two Ju 88 of III./KG 54 (reported as "battle losses presumably over England").

Somebody also asked about the strength of raids over Italy in early 1944 and I didn't reply:

The Bari attack of 2 December 1943 totalled 105 sorties.

Allied estimates of raids on the Anzio beach head in the first few days ashore were 50–60 bombers a night. Some of these were from Italian bases, some from Fl.Div. 2 in Southern France. Soon after the landings, four Gruppen were brought back to Italy from the Steinbock force.

The raids on Corsican airfields on 12 May 1944 totalled 115 aircraft in two waves.