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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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11 Blenheims on coastal sweeps. 1 ship was claimed sunk off the Frisians. No aircraft lost.
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KIEL
115 aircraft - 47 Wellingtons, 24 Hampdens, 20 Whitleys, 13 Stirlings, 11 Halifaxes - in an attempt to identify and bomb the Tirpitz. No aircraft succeeded in doing so and the city was attacked instead. 2 Wellingtons lost. Kiel reports: much cloud, a few bombs dropped, 1 person injured, 'Flak fire in all directions', 1 barrage balloon shot down.
Minor Operations: 5 Wellingtons to Boulogne, 4 Hampdens on unspecified 'special tasks' to Essen and Cologne, 2 O.T.U. sorties. No losses.
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