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Bomber Command raid - 11 December 1941

Cologne · Germany

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6 Hampdens on coastal raids. Aurich and Leeuwarden airfields and a town, believed to be Borkum, were bombed. No aircraft lost.

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COLOGNE
60 aircraft. Only 23 aircraft reported bombing primary targets, starting a large fire, but Cologne has no record of bombs. The fire was probably a decoy. 1 Halifax lost.
Minor Operations: 34 aircraft to Le Havre, 21 to Brest, 5 Hampdens minelaying off Kiel. 2 Hampdens were lost, 1 each on the Le Havre and Kiel raids.

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