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BREST
67 aircraft - 30 Wellingtons, 25 Whitleys, 10 Hampdens, 2 Stirlings. No losses. Hits were claimed on the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau but there is no confirmation of this.
14 Hampdens minelaying - 7 off Lorient, 7 off the East Frisians. No losses.
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24 Blenheims on coastal sweeps from Norway to the Channel Islands. A tanker was bombed and hit off Norway; a fishing vessel was sunk and a radio station ashore was bombed. No losses.
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KIEL
69 aircraft - 39 Wellingtons, 19 Whitleys, 10 Hampdens, 1 Stirling. 1 Whitley lost. Kiel reports a very scattered attack with no serious damage and 1 person killed and 3 injured.
Minor Operations: 12 aircraft to Le Havre, 10 to Ostend, 9 to Wilhelmshaven (where several houses were hit and a woman and 2 children killed), 8 Hampdens minelaying in Frisians and off Copenhagen, 4 O.T.U. sorties. No losses.
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