The story
COLOGNE
72 aircraft - 37 Wellingtons, 29 Whitleys, 6 Halifaxes - to railway targets. 7 Whitleys and 1 Wellington lost.
Haze and smoke obscured targets but a large fire was seen. Cologne reports only a few bombs with light damage and no casualties; the fire may have been a decoy.
DÜSSELDORF
52 Hampdens and 6 Manchesters to railways. 3 Hampdens and 2 Manchesters lost. Many fires were seen.
DUISBURG
54 Wellingtons to attack railway targets. 1 aircraft lost. 'Several fires' seen by crews.
Minor Operations: 10 Wellingtons to Rotterdam, 4 Hampdens and 2 Manchesters to Ostend, 1 O.T.U. sortie. No losses.
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20 Blenheims on coastal sweeps. Ships were attacked off Terschelling. No aircraft lost.
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BREMEN
39 Hampdens and 20 Whitleys, with the Focke-Wulf factory and the railway goods station as aiming points. 2 Hampdens lost. Hits were claimed on the Focke-Wulf factory.
DUISBURG
41 Wellingtons to railway targets. No losses. Weather was bad and bombing results were admitted to be poor.
Minor Operations: 1 Wellington to Dunkirk, 12 Hampdens minelaying off Denmark, 6 O.T.U. sorties. No losses.
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