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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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6 Blenheims; 1 bombed Flushing docks. No losses.
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BREST, MINOR OPERATIONS
26 Hampdens and Wellingtons to Brest, 21 Blenheims to airfields in France, 9 Wellingtons to Italy, 3 Wellingtons to Regensburg, 8 Hampdens minelaying off Brest and Lorient, 3 O.T.U. sorties. 1 Wellington lost from the Italian raid.
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