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Bomber Command raid - night of 18/19 May 1940

unknown · Germany

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GERMANY, BELGIUM
60 aircraft - 24 Wellingtons, 24 Whitleys, 12 Hampdens - to various oil refineries and railway yards in Germany, and to German troop communications in Belgium. 1 Whitley lost.

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GERMANY, BELGIUM AND FRANCE
78 aircraft - 36 Hampdens, 30 Wellingtons, 12 Whitleys - carried out widespread attacks on German troop communications in France and Belgium and on railway and industrial targets in Germany. 2 Whitleys lost.

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