[Delmenhorst]

3rd ATF (1st BD, 5 CW's) target Posen, Sorau, Cottbus

366th (IX FC) in S Egmond 1147 orbitted r/v point out Egmond. 78th r/v Dummer Lake 1135, broke escort S Stendal 12076. Out Egmond 1312.
353rd r/v Steinhuder Lake 1145 to Tangermunde 1210 swept back on deck, out Egmond 1325.
20th r/v Celle 1145 to E gubin 1245.
55th r/v genthin 1220 to target, swept back on deck, out Hauge
357th r/v Zwolle 1110 to Posen, S Lubbe Lake 1330
339th Stettin 1355, Sorau, Dresden, Bremen
361st Stendal, Juterbog, Cottbus 1235745, broke escort Dresden 1330.
355th r/v N Posen 1315, escorted back German coast until 1545.
367 (IX FC) r/v Schleswig 1540, back to Frisian Islands 1630.
474th (IX FC) r/v NE Kiel 1510, escorted N Terschelling Island 1630.

E/A Opposition: 366th, 78th, 20th, 55th, 367th and 474th saw no airborne e/a. One a/c of 353rd bounced by 4 e/a near Amsterdam. 357th noted a few spotters only. 339th destroyed 2 s/e vicinity Stettin. 361st nogted 3 formations e/a totaling 50 plus vicinity of Luckenwalde, Dresden and Landsberg, claim 11-1-3 for 2 lost. 4th saw total 5 3/a Narrgard and Laaland Island, destroyed same. Lost one to flak.

361st FG
374th FS claimed their victories E Schwerin and Pitka, 375th around Lackau-Juterbog and 376th around Schwerin.