The story
COMMUNICATIONS, INDUSTRY
The night squadrons continued operations with their largest effort to date. 142 aircraft - 48 Hampdens, 48 Whitleys, 46 Wellingtons - attacked many targets from Hamburg to Frankfurt; a few of the Wellingtons made a last attack on German positions near Dunkirk. 1 Hampden was lost and another crashed into a barrage-balloon cable at Felixstowe when returning to England.
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GERMANY
57 aircraft - 23 Hampdens, 17 Wellingtons, 17 Whitleys - were sent to many targets in Germany. 1 Whitley lost.
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