The story
BREST
110 aircraft - 69 Wellingtons, 37 Hampdens, 4 Stirlings - to attack the 3 warships now at Brest but haze and smoke-screens concealed the targets and no hits were scored. No aircraft lost.
SCHWERTE
36 Whitleys and 6 Wellingtons to railway yards which were not located so the town was bombed instead. 1 Whitley lost.
Minor Operations: 5 Wellingtons to Boulogne, 4 Hampdens minelaying in the Frisians, 12 O.T.U. sorties. No losses.
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30 Blenheims on coastal sweeps, to Brest and on a Circus operation to St-Omer airfield. 1 aircraft lost.
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COLOGNE
29 Hampdens. The target was completely cloud-covered. 25 aircraft bombed estimated positions but Cologne reports only light damage with approximately 2 bomb loads in the city, 1 person killed and 1 injured. No aircraft lost.
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