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ROVING COMMISSIONS
22 Wellingtons and 20 Hampdens to many areas of Germany. 2 Hampdens and 1 Wellington lost.
Norwegian Airfields
15 aircraft - 6 Halifaxes, 5 Manchesters, 4 Stirlings - attacked 4 airfields to provide a diversion for a proposed Fleet Air Arm strike from the aircraft carrier Victorious on the Prinz Eugen, which had taken shelter in a Norwegian fjord near Trondheim after being torpedoed and damaged by the submarine Trident. The Fleet Air Arm strike was not successful, because of poor weather conditions. 1 Manchester was lost in the Bomber Command diversion.
6 Manchesters minelaying off Wilhelmshaven without loss.
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