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Bomber Command raid - night of 26/27 November 1942

Lorient · France

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30 aircraft minelaying off Lorient and St-Nazaire and in the Frisians and the Kattegat. No losses.

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6 Bostons in low-level pairs to Belgium and Holland. 3 aircraft bombed various targets. No losses.

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32 Lancasters and Stirlings were recalled from a raid to Stettin and jettisoned their bombs in the North Sea. 10 aircraft were sent minelaying in the River Gironde and off Texel, Gdynia and Danzig. The more distant locations were not reached. No aircraft lost.

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