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Bomber Command raid - 6 February 1942

Brest · France

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33 Hampdens and 13 Manchesters carried out daylight minelaying operations in the Frisians. 1 Hampden lost.

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BREST
57 Wellingtons and 3 Stirlings; only 21 aircraft claimed to have bombed the primary target area, in thick cloud. 1 Wellington lost.

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