The story
BREMEN
100 aircraft - 39 Hampdens, 37 Wellingtons, 24 Whitleys. 3 Wellingtons and 3 Whitleys lost. Low cloud hindered the attack.
BREST
57 Wellingtons and 8 Stirlings; none lost. Haze and smoke-screens prevented identification of warship targets.
There were 2 O.T.U. sorties.
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36 Blenheims on a Circus operation to Le Havre docks. Only 9 aircraft bombed. No Blenheims lost.
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COLOGNE
28 Wellingtons; 1 lost. Good bombing was claimed but Cologne only reports 60 incendiary bombs in the city with no casualties.
DÜSSELDORF
20 Whitleys; 1 lost. Ground haze.
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