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Bomber Command raid - night of 26/27 October 1942

Flensburg · Germany

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MINELAYING
24 Stirlings and Wellingtons of 3 Group to the Frisian Islands and to Biscay ports without loss.

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8 Mosquitoes to Flensburg, Belgium and Holland. 2 Mosquitoes bombed a shipyard at Flensburg; 4 Mosquitoes bombed other unidentified targets. No aircraft lost.

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MINOR OPERATIONS
36 aircraft minelaying between St-Nazaire and the Frisians, 4 O.T.U. sorties. No losses.

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