Casualties and Damage
Eighteen members of the HQ staff were known to have died in the raid, including the chief of staff Generalmajor Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans, the most senior officer to be killed in the raid. The group's commander, General Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg was wounded. Although the chateau was not badly damaged, the nearby orchard in which the HQ's vehicles were parked was thoroughly bombed and communications equipment was destroyed.
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