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BREST
82 aircraft. No losses.
Minor Operations: 5 Hampdens minelaying off Brest, 1 Manchester on leaflet flight to France. 1 Hampden lost.
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WILHELMSHAVEN
124 aircraft; good bombing claimed but Wilhelmshaven records this only as a small raid with light damage and 6 people injured. 3 Wellingtons and 2 Hampdens lost. Minor Operations: 29 aircraft to Emden, 2 Wellingtons to Boulogne, 5 Hampdens minelaying off Wilhelmshaven, 6 Blenheim Intruders to Holland, 1 Hampden on a leaflet flight to France. 1 Blenheim Intruder lost.
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