The story
GERMANY, HOLLAND, BELGIUM
66 aircraft, including Blenheims on this night, to various targets. No losses.
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GERMANY, HOLLAND, BELGIUM
33 Blenheims on various tasks; 24 aircraft bombed targets that included for the first time barges being brought up the Rhine near Rotterdam for the intended invasion of Britain.
A report from Hamburg tells of 1 Blenheim which suddenly appeared out of the clouds and dropped 4 bombs in a residential area 3 miles from the nearest docks, though industrial premises may have been near by. There was no warning siren and one of the bombs fell near a group of children playing in a street. 11 children and 8 adults were killed; 31 houses were damaged. Because it was daylight, no first-aid or rescue teams were on duty and many of the wounded were taken to hospital on the fire-engines of Hamburg's regular fire brigade.
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GERMANY, HOLLAND
27 Hampdens and Whitleys to bomb communications, airfields and barges and to lay mines. 2 Hampdens lost.
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