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BREMEN
107 aircraft - 62 Wellingtons, 24 Whitleys, 21 Hampdens; mist and cloud prevented accurate bombing. Only 74 aircraft claimed to have bombed in the Bremen area. 1 Whitley and a Photographic Reconnaissance Unit Wellington accompanying the raid were lost.
Minor Operations: 9 Hampdens minelaying, of which 1 was shot down in England by an Intruder, 3 Wellingtons to Calais and Dunkirk, 1 O.T.U. sortie.
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35 Blenheims on coastal operations bombed ships - claiming 1 probably sunk - and Cherbourg docks. 1 aircraft lost.
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BERLIN
118 aircraft - 50 Wellingtons, 39 Hampdens, 28 Whitleys, 1 Stirling - to two aiming points but haze prevented concentrated bombing. 8 aircraft - 5 Whitleys, 2 Hampdens, 1 Wellington - lost.
Minor Operations: 13 Wellingtons and Whitleys to Rotterdam, 10 Wellingtons to Cologne, 3 Wellingtons to Mannheim, 6 Hampdens minelaying off Brest and the Frisians, 1 O.T.U. sortie. 3 Wellingtons were lost from the Cologne raid.
The 11 aircraft lost this night represent the largest total lost in night operations so far (not counting aircraft crashed in the United Kingdom).
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