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GERMANY
46 Hampdens and Wellingtons attacked 7 targets. 1 Hampden lost.
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AIRFIELDSZ
15 Blenheims to Brittany and the Channel Islands; only 2 bombed - at Brest and at Le Bourg in Guernsey. This was the first bombing of the British Channel Islands, now occupied by the Germans. No aircraft lost.
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GERMANY, HOLLAND
38 Wellingtons and Whitleys attacked Cologne, Ludwigshafen and Dutch airfields. 3 O.T.U. sorties. No losses.
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