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BRIDGES, ROADS
12 aircraft - 6 Hampdens and 6 Whitleys - to Aachen-Maastricht-Eindhoven area. No losses.
6 Hampdens went minelaying in the Kiel Canal but only 1 did so successfully. No losses.
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THE MEUSE, HOLLAND
28 Blenheims to bomb bridges and German troops who were making a new breakthrough on the River Meuse; 6 Blenheims lost. 6 further Blenheims to bomb road junction at Breda, no losses.
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COMMUNICATIONS IN GERMANY AND HOLLAND
18 Wellingtons to the Aachen area, 12 Whitleys to Mnchengladbach, 12 Hampdens to Breda and Roosendaal. 1 Hampden lost.
22 Hampdens minelaying near Kiel and Copenhagen.
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