The story
GERMANY
112 aircraft - 53 Hampdens, 37 Wellingtons, 22 Whitleys - to 15 oil and railway targets between Hamburg and Mannheim. 1 Wellington and 1 Whitley lost. Mnster reports many bombs with 6 people killed, the town's first dead of the war. Hamburg reports 1 person killed but no fires.
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AIRFIELDS
47 Blenheims attacked airfields at Rouen and Schiphol with good results and no losses. 2 Blenheims abandoned photographic reconnaissance flights to the Ruhr because weather was too clear.
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GERMANY
39 Whitleys and 17 Hampdens attacked a wide variety of targets in the Rhineland; some Hampdens bombed Schiphol airfield. 1 Hampden and 1 Whitley lost.
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