The story
6 Wellingtons minelaying off Lorient and St-Nazaire without loss.
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4 Mosquitoes on railways attacks in Belgium and Holland but only 1 aircraft bombed at Ghent. No losses.
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MINELAYING
68 aircraft - 27 Halifaxes, 23 Lancasters, 18 Wellingtons - to Texel, Heligoland and the Frisians. The 5 Group Lancasters were recalled but most of the other types carried out their tasks. There were no losses.
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