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CHANNEL PORTS
92 Blenheims, Hampdens, Wellingtons and Whitleys attacked barges in 4 ports, 1 Blenheim and 1 Hampden lost.
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14 Blenheims on sea and coastal sweeps. 1 aircraft bombed Haamstede airfield and a U-boat at sea but no hits were scored on the U-boat. No losses.
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BELGIUM, GERMANY, FRANCE
157 aircraft of all types to an oil depot at Antwerp (the biggest raid, by 43 Wellingtons), railway yards at Brussels and in Germany, and barges in the Channel ports. 2 Whitleys lost.
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. These crews were dispatched to various railway targets in Germany and are being briefed by the Station Commander (with 1914-18 medal ribbons) and the Squadron Commander. Compare this relaxed, informal scene with the sombre briefing in photograph number 35 later in the war.
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