The story
AIRFIELDS, MINELAYING, SEAPLANE-BASE PATROLS
24 aircraft - 12 Whitleys, 12 Wellingtons - to airfields. 22 of them bombed Stavanger, Rye and Fornebu.
26 Hampdens minelaying in Oslo Fjord and Kiel Bay.
4 Wellingtons patrolled seaplane bases.
There were no losses from any of these operations,
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10 Hampdens minelaying off Norwegian and German coasts. 2 Wellingtons sent to patrol seaplane bases were recalled. No losses.
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