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HAMBURG
130 aircraft to 4 targets in Hamburg. Weather conditions were unfavourable. Only 60 aircraft reported bombing Hamburg; 25 bombed alternative targets. Hamburg records show 6 fires, 2 people killed, 36 injured and 786 bombed out. Kiel, 50 miles north of Hamburg, had 5 people killed and 16 injured on this night. 2 Wellingtons and 1 Blenheim were lost and 5 more aircraft crashed in England.
12 further aircraft bombed airfields and 3 were minelaying, all without loss.
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5 Blenheims to Northern Germany turned back.
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THE RUHR
49 Wellingtons and Whitleys to Gelsenkirchen and Hamm; only 22 reported bombing primary target. 2 Whitleys bombed Lorient. No losses.
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