The story
GERMANY, FRANCE, HOLLAND
70 Battles, Hampdens and Wellingtons to many targets, 1 Wellington lost. The largest raid was by 20 Hampdens on the Krupps armament works in Essen but only 3 aircraft reached this target because of icing conditions. There were also 6 minelaying and 4 O.T.U. sorties.
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GERMANY, OCCUPIED COUNTRIES
157 aircraft of all types to 13 targets in Germany, to the Channel ports, to Eindhoven airfield and minelaying. No losses.
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