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MINELAYING
29 Wellingtons and 10 Halifaxes off Lorient and St-Nazaire and in the Frisian Islands. No losses.
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BREMEN
144 aircraft - 55 Wellingtons, 39 Halifaxes, 26 Stirlings, 24 Lancasters. 9 aircraft - 4 Wellingtons, 2 Halifaxes, 2 Lancasters, 1 Stirling - lost.
119 aircraft bombed blindly through cloud after obtaining Gee fixes. Bomber Command believed the results were successful. Bremen records that two of the large firms hit in the recent 'Thousand' raid - the Atlas Werke and the Korff refinery - were damaged again, as well as several smaller firms and dockside warehouses. A hospital and an unrecorded number of dwelling-houses were also hit. 7 people were killed and 80 injured.
Minor Operations: 15 aircraft minelaying off St-Nazaire and Verdon, 6 Halifaxes on leaflet flights. No losses.
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