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AIRFIELDS, MINELAYING
12 Whitleys and 6 Hampdens bombed Stavanger, Fornebu and Aalborg airfields. No losses.
11 Hampdens minelaying in Elbe estuary and in Helsingr harbour, Denmark; only 5 aircraft laid mines but 1 German seaplane was claimed shot down. No losses.
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AIRFIELDS
12 Blenheims bombed Stavanger and Rye airfields. No losses. The Blenheims were now completely withdrawn from Norwegian operations because a German offensive in France and the Low Countries was feared imminent.
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AIRFIELDS, MINELAYING, SEAPLANE-BASE PATROLS
24 aircraft - 12 Whitleys, 12 Wellingtons - to airfields. 22 of them bombed Stavanger, Rye and Fornebu.
26 Hampdens minelaying in Oslo Fjord and Kiel Bay.
4 Wellingtons patrolled seaplane bases.
There were no losses from any of these operations,
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