Summary by Geoff Shattock of the operations he flew in the "Battle of the Ruhr"

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Summary by Geoff Shattock of the operations he flew in the "Battle of the Ruhr"

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Research by Geoff following the BBC2 programme "Bomber Command"
He defines The Battle of the Ruhr" as running from March 5th to July 18th 1943 and reports 4171 aircrew killed, 1347 missing, 1183 as POW, 1045 aircraft lost.

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One typewritten table

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MShattockGF1317240-180311-09

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Geoff Shattock, “Summary by Geoff Shattock of the operations he flew in the "Battle of the Ruhr",” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 15, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/40636.