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28 Wellingtons; only 9 crews claimed to have found and attacked the Krupps works. No aircraft lost.
Minor Operations: 20 aircraft to Dunkirk and Ostend, 9 Hampdens on shipping patrols in the Frisians and in the Kiel area, 24 Hampdens and 4 Manchesters minelaying in Kiel Bay. No losses.
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3 Stirlings on cloud-cover raids to the Ruhr turned back.
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Minor Operations
22 Hampdens and 2 Manchesters to Cherbourg, 11 Hampdens on shipping patrols in the Frisians and in the Hamburg area, 24 Hampdens minelaying in Kiel Bay. 3 Hampdens from the shipping operations and 1 minelaying aircraft were lost.
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