The story
12 Whitleys to attack warship in Brest harbour. No losses.
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19 Blenheims on widespread cloud-cover raids; 9 bombed targets. 1 aircraft lost.
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WILHELMSHAVEN
35 Hampdens and Wellingtons; 17 claimed to have bombed primary targets. No losses. Wilhelmshaven reports 1 house burnt down, a barn destroyed by an exploding Flak shell and a boy killed by a falling Flak-shell splinter.
Minor Operations: 11 Wellingtons to Turin and 5 Hampdens minelaying in the Baltic north of Lbeck. 1 Wellington, of 9 Squadron, returning from Turin force-landed in Vichy France and the crew destroyed the plane by fire before being interned.
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