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CHANNEL PORTS, GERMANY
174 aircraft dispatched. The majority of the effort was to the Channel ports; most of the remainder was to German railway targets. 8 aircraft - 3 Whitleys, 2 Blenheims, 2 Wellingtons, 1 Hampden - lost.
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18 Blenheims on operations but only 1 aircraft bombed, shipping in Dunkirk harbour.
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CHANNEL PORTS, GERMANY
53 Hampdens and Whitleys to ports and railway targets and laying mines (8 aircraft) in the River Gironde. No losses.
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