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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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GERMANY
10 Blenheims, on a new kind of operation. Making use of cloud cover, the Blenheims were to fly to targets in Germany which had recently been attacked by night bombers. The bombing by the Blenheims was intended to extend the disruption at such targets through daylight hours, to take photographs of the night-bombing results and to draw the German day-fighter strength away from the Channel coast near England.
The cloudno cover was not good on this day and only 2 Blenheims bombed targets, at Bremen and at Hamstede airfield. There were no losses.
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GERMANY
105 aircraft - 42 Hampdens, 33 Wellingtons, 30 Whitleys - attacked a wide range of targets in Northern Germany, the Ruhr and Central Germany. Schiphol airfield and Antwerp were also bombed. 1 Hampden and 1 Wellington lost.
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