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Bomber Command raid - night of 18/19 April 1940

Oslo · Norway

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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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9 Blenheims to bomb Stavanger airfield. 7 abandoned task because of weather. 1 bombed an airfield. 1 Blenheim lost.

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4 Whitleys carried out reconnaissance flights over Northern Germany. No incidents.

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