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KIEL, WILHELMSHAVEN
36 Hampdens, Whitleys and Wellingtons; targets were difficult to locate. Wilhelmshaven reports only 1 bomb on an air-raid shelter, which was empty, and 2 bombs in open ground. Kiel reports sirens but no bombing incidents. 1 Wellington lost.
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2 Blenheims to Belgian airfields turned back.
8. An old man killed in a raid at Stuttgart in 1940, possibly the first fatal casualty in that city.
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GERMANY, ITALY, FRANCE
69 aircraft to widespread targets but less than half found primary targets. 2 Hampdens minelaying in Kiel Bay. No losses from any operation.
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