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Bomber Command raid - night of 9/10 November 1940

Lorient · France

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14 Blenheims and Hampdens to airfields and to a seaplane base at Lorient. No losses.

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7 Blenheims. 3 aircraft bombed at Calais and Boulogne. 1 aircraft lost.

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GERMANY, FRANCE
111 aircraft to many targets; the largest raid was by 25 Wellingtons to Gelsenkirchen. 2 Blenheims lost. There were 3 O.T.U. sorties.

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