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OSTEND
25 aircraft; 1 Hampden lost.
Brest
10 Wellingtons and 7 Stirlings. A large white explosion was seen but no other results were observed, because of cloud. No aircraft lost.
5 Hampdens laid mines in the Wilhelmshaven area without loss.
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WILHELMSHAVEN
83 aircraft - 57 Wellingtons, 14 Hampdens, 12 Whitleys - reported starting large fires throughout the target area but the Wilhelmshaven diary records only 'slight damage' and no casualties. No aircraft lost.
Minor Operations: 40 aircraft to Brest - 22 bombing and 18 minelaying, 32 aircraft to Ostend, 14 to Dunkirk, 4 O.T.U. sorties. 1 Whitley was lost from the Dunkirk raid.
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