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HAMBURG
82 aircraft - 48 Hampdens, 24 Wellingtons, 10 Whitleys. 1 Wellington lost.
Cloud prevented accurate bombing. Hamburg recorded 14 fires, 8 people killed, 11 injured and 491 bombed out, some temporarily.
STETTIN
40 Wellingtons; 29 bombed. No losses.
Minor Operations: 41 'freshmen' crews to Cherbourg, 2 O.T.U. sorties. No losses.
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KARLSRUHE
44 Hampdens and 1 Wellington; all recalled because of fog forecasts at airfields. 3 aircraft flew on to Karlsruhe; 22 bombed alternative targets. 1 Wellington lost.
STUTTGART
27 Whitleys and 4 Wellingtons; only 10 aircraft claimed to have bombed in the Stuttgart area, through thick cloud. Stuttgart records only 1 load of bombs, in woods near the city. No aircraft lost.
Minor Operations: 7 aircraft to Boulogne, 2 Hampdens minelaying in the Frisians. No losses.
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