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HANNOVER
152 aircraft - 96 Wellingtons, 55 Whitleys, 1 Stirling - with railway stations as aiming points. 9 aircraft - 5 Wellingtons, 4 Whitleys - lost.
BRUNSWICK
81 Hampdens to railway targets. 1 aircraft lost.
MAGDEBURG
52 aircraft - 27 Wellingtons, 9 Halifaxes, 9 Stirlings, 7 Manchesters - to railway targets but visibility was poor and no bombing results were observed. 4 aircraft - 2 Wellingtons, 1 Halifax. 1 Stirling - lost.
Minor Operations: 13 Wellingtons to Boulogne, 9 Wellingtons and Whitleys to Rotterdam, 2 Wellingtons to Dunkirk, 5 Hampdens minelaying in the Frisians. No losses.
Total effort for the night: 314 sorties, 14 aircraft (45 percent) lost.
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