The story
6 Lancasters minelaying in the Great Belt; 2 aircraft lost.
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12 Bostons were dispatched in 4 flights of 3 aircraft each, in low-level attacks on 4 Dutch airfields: De Kooy, Bergen, Haamstede and Valkenburg. As it was American Independence Day, 6 of the planes were crewed by members of the Eighth Air Force. Intense light Flak was encountered at the Dutch coast and at the targets and 3 Bostons were shot down, all of the aircraft lost being crewed by Americans; one of the crews lost was that of Captain Kegelman who had flown the first American bomber sortie a few days earlier.
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