The story
GERMANY, ITALY, OCCUPIED COUNTRIES
97 aircraft to many targets. 2 Whitleys and 1 Hampden were lost. Hamburg, target for approximately 10 Wellingtons, reports 15 fires and casualties of 7 killed, 32 injured and 236 bombed out, some only temporarily.
8 Hampdens minelaying off the island of Rgen in the Baltic; 1 aircraft lost.
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9 Blenheims to Holland and Northern Germany. 5 aircraft bombed targets. No losses.
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GERMANY
64 Hampdens, Wellingtons and Whitleys to 6 German cities. The largest raid was by 18 Wellingtons to Berlin but only 1 aircraft reached that target. 1 Wellington and 1 Whitley lost.
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