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Bomber Command raid - night of 26/27 September 1940

Kiel · Germany

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CHANNEL PORTS, GERMANY
77 Blenheims, Hampdens, Wellingtons and Whitleys to Channel ports, Dortmund and Kiel, 1 Blenheim and 1 Hampden lost.

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15 Blenheims. 9 aircraft bombed shipping on Channel coast. No losses.

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CHANNEL PORTS, GERMANY
86 Hampdens, Wellingtons and Whitleys to Channel ports, Lorient U-boat base and railway targets in the Ruhr, 1 Wellington lost.

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