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Bomber Command raid - night of 17/18 February 1942

Emden · Germany

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Roving Commissions
10 Wellingtons and 3 Stirlings to Emden, Hamburg, Kassel and Aachen; visibility was poor and most bombing results were unobserved. Leaflet flights were carried out to Oslo by 1 Whitley and to France by 3 Hampdens. No aircraft were lost on this night.

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MINELAYING
25 Hampdens to lay mines in the Frisians and off Wilhelmshaven and Heligoland. 1 Hampden lost. 7 aircraft carried leaflets to France and Belgium without loss.

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