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Bomber Command raid - night of 5/6 August 1940

Hamburg · Germany

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GERMANY, HOLLAND
85 Hampdens, Wellingtons and Whitleys to Hamburg, Kiel, Wilhelmshaven and Wismar, to Dutch airfields and to minelaying. No losses.

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LE BOURGET
40 Blenheims to Le Bourget airfield but only 1 bombed. 6 Blenheims on sea sweep. No losses.

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GERMANY, HOLLAND
26 Wellingtons to Homberg and Reisholz and to airfields in Holland. 12 Hampdens minelaying, 1 lost.

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