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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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BREST
121 aircraft - 72 Wellingtons, 25 Hampdens, 24 Whitleys; 80 claimed to have bombed the approximate position of the German warships. 1 Hampden lost.
Minor Operations: 14 aircraft to Le Havre but only 1 aircraft bombed, 2 O.T.U. sorties. 1 Whitley lost from the Le Havre raid.
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