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Bomber Command raid - night of 28/29 May 1940

Dunkerque · France

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DUNKIRK
48 Blenheims by day and 34 Wellingtons and 13 Whitleys by night attacked German positions near the perimeter. 1 Blenheim and 1 Whitley lost.
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DUNKIRK
51 Blenheims by day and 15 Wellingtons by night continued the attacks in poor weather conditions. No aircraft were lost but the pilots of 4 Wellingtons ordered their crews to bale out on returning to England in bad weather; all of the pilots managed to land safely. One of the men who baled out was never found.

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