The story
GERMANY, FRANCE
77 aircraft to many targets; the largest raid was by 24 Wellingtons to Gelsenkirchen but only 6 aircraft reached that target. Because of bad weather, only 19 of all aircraft dispatched bombed their primary targets. 1 Whitley lost.
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