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Bomber Command raid - night of 17/18 April 1940

Stavanger · Norway

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NORWEGIAN AIRFIELDS, MINELAYING
20 Wellingtons and Whitleys to Stavanger, Trondheim and Oslo airfields. 11 Wellingtons bombed at Stavanger but other targets not located. 1 Wellington lost.
33 Hampdens laid mines off north-west Denmark. No losses.

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9 Whitleys to attack shipping in the Oslo and Trondheim areas but because of bad weather only 3 bombed. 1 aircraft lost.

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