90 Halifaxes from 408, 415, 420, 425, 426, 432, and 434 Squadrons were ordered on an attack of the oil refinery at Castrop-Rauxel. The crews were over the target at between 16,000 and 20,000 feet, releasing 712,000 lbs of high explosives. According to reports, the weather was clear and severe damage was caused. 

F/O D. Snider, F/O J. Faulder, F/O E. Mowatt, F/Lt H. Reeves, F/O R. Johnson, and F/O D. Brown from 408 Squadron were hit by flak, not serious. 
F/O B. Wallace was hit by flak, not serious. They landed at Carnaby on return. 
P/O R. Smith RCAF and crew, flying Halifax VII NP-710 coded EQ-S, had an engine fail after takeoff, they jettisoned the load. On return they crashed into the motor transport shop and burned. 

Sgt D. Milburn RAF
F/O N. McKillop RCAF
F/O G. Houston RCAF
F/O J. Kerry RCAF
F/O C. Storey RCAF
F/Sgt W. Cooke RCAF 
LAC G. Barraball RCAF

P/O F. Forbes, F/O C. Gue, F/O R. Seirolawski, and P/O D. Andrews from 415 Squadron were hit by flak, not serious. 
F/O W. Sherman was hit by flak, not serious. The stbd outer was u/s over the target, they landed safely at base on 3 engines. 

F/O C. McKenzie from 420 Squadron was hit by flak, not serious. 
F/O R. Gallen was hit by flak, electrical system hit, they had to manually release the bombs over the target. 

P/O A. Hutcheon, F/O P. Hache ,and F/Lt T. Rance from 425 Squadron were hit by flak, not serious. 
P/O P. Legault was hit by flak, there was a 18 inch hole in the nose and many holes in the rear fuselage. 
P/O G. Lareau had the stbd outer go u/s before the target, they bombed from 16,000 feet and returned safely to base on 3 engines. 

P/O A. McKay, F/O S. Seaman, and F/O H. Hicken from 426 Squadron were hit by flak, not serious. 

P/O R. Campbell from 432 Squadron was hit by flak, there was a hole in the windscreen. 

F/O J. Moffatt, F/O N. Currie, S/Ldr B. Imrie, and F/O C. Chapman from 434 Squadron were hit by flak, not serious. 
F/O G. Eccelstone bombed Dortmund as they did not see any T.Is over the target. 
F/O G. Halcro was hit by flak over the target, P/O M. Laderoute RCAF, the rear gunner was killed. 
 
 

Whiles some of the group went to Castrop-Rauxel, 55 Halifaxes from 424, 427, and 433 Squadrons were ordered on an attack of German troop positions near Le Havre. The crews were over the target at between 9,000 and 11,000 feet, releasing 305,000 lbs of high explosives. According to reports, the weather was clear and the target was accurately bombed. 

8 crews from 424 Squadron were ordered not to bomb by the Master Bomber because of dust and smoke over the target. 

9 crews from 427 Squadron were ordered not to bomb because of smoke and dust over the target. 

F/O W. Miller from 433 Squadron returned early as they were unable to retract the under carriage. 
8 crews were ordered not to bomb because of smoke and dust over the target.