The story
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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13 Blenheims on a sea sweep and to France and Belgium. The docks at Rotterdam were bombed. 1 aircraft lost.
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GERMANY, HOLLAND
98 aircraft to many targets. The largest raid, by 30 Hampdens and Wellingtons, was to Berlin but, because of bad weather, only 4 aircraft reached that target. No losses.
5 Hampdens minelaying off Copenhagen; 1 lost. 1 O.T.U. sortie.
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