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Bomber Command raid - night of 18/19 August 1940

Freiburg · Germany

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GERMANY, ITALYZ
20 Whitleys to Rheinfelden, Waldshut and Freiburg, 4 Whitleys to Turin. No losses.

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HOLLAND
17 Blenheims to airfields and sea sweeps. Only 2 aircraft bombed - at Flushing airfield and a Flak position north of Amsterdam, 1 aircraft lost.

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VARIOUS TARGETS
120 Blenheims, Hampdens, Wellingtons and Whitleys to 5 targets in north Germany, to Ambes oil refinery in France, to airfields in Holland, Belgium and France, and minelaying. 2 Blenheims and 1 Whitley lost.

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