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LA SPEZIA
173 Lancasters and 5 Halifaxes were dispatched to bomb the dockyard but the centre of the bombing was north-west of the aiming point. The main railway station and many public buildings were hit. 1 Lancaster was lost. 8 further Lancasters laid mines off La Spezia harbour.
Minor Operations: 10 Stirlings minelaying in southern Biscay, 5 O.T.U. sorties. No losses.
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6 Mosquitoes to bomb railway workshops at Namur could not locate the target in bad visibility. No aircraft lost.
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