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Bomber Command raid - night of 17/18 June 1942

Bremen · Germany

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Minor Operations
27 Stirlings and Wellingtons to St-Nazaire but only 6 aircraft bombed, in poor weather, 46 aircraft minelaying off St-Nazaire and in the Frisians, 2 Stirlings on leaflet flights. No losses.

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3 Mosquitoes to Bremen and Bremerhaven but the only places bombed were Wilhelmshaven and the island of Langeoog. No aircraft lost.

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MINELAYING
65 aircraft to Lorient and the Frisian Islands. 1 Hampden lost.

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