is there an official figure of how many lancasters were involved on the dresden mission.

They bombed over several nights so it would be hard to tell, plus Halifax bombers were used also and Mosquito recon. and marker missions. Perhaps Martin knows.

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On the night of 13/14 February 1945, the attack was in two waves totalling 796 Lancasters and 9 Mosquitoes. 773 of the Lancasters actually bombed the target. No Halifaxes were involved in this deep-penetration raid.

The next day, 311 B-17s followed up, with further 8th AF raids on 15th February and 2nd March.

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I must be the only one on Earth who likes Halifaxes !! It's a conspiracy or something !

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thats awsome information thank you, i can only imagine what all those waves of merlins sounded like passing overhead. thanks again!