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Bomber Command raid - 6 April 1945

IJmuiden · Netherlands

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IJMUIDEN
54 Lancasters and 1 Mosquito of 5 Group to attack a ship or ships which had broken the naval blockade around that large part of Western Holland where German forces were cut off. The raid was abandoned because of bad weather.

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