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Bomber Command raid - night of 20/21 September 1940

English Channel · International Waters

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CHANNEL PORTS, GERMANY
172 aircraft of all types. Most of the effort was to Channel ports but small raids on German railways and canals, French airfields and minelaying at St-Nazaire. 1 Wellington lost.

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18 Blenheims on sea and coastal sweeps. 9 aircraft bombed Belgian ports. No losses.

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CHANNEL PORTS
92 aircraft. 91 reported bombing. No losses.

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