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Bomber Command raid - night of 27/28 October 1940

Lorient · France

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GERMANY, OCCUPIED COUNTRIES
82 aircraft to many targets. 76 aircraft bombed their targets; none were lost.
5 Hampdens minelaying off Lorient; 1 lost. 2 O.T.U. sorties.

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13 Blenheims to France, Belgium and on a sea sweep. 3 aircraft bombed coastal targets. No losses.

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GERMANY, BELGIUM, FRANCE
97 aircraft to various targets. The biggest raid was by 20 Hampdens to Hamburg, where 1 person was killed, 3 injured and 44 bombed out, but no fires were started. 1 Blenheim and 1 Whitley lost.

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