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Bomber Command raid - night of 28/29 September 1940

Amsterdam · Netherlands

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GERMANY, CHANNEL COAST
109 Blenheims, Hampdens, Wellingtons and Whitleys to numerous targets in Germany and to the Channel ports. Whitley crews sent to attack the Fokker aircraft factory at Amsterdam could not identify their target and returned without bombing. 2 Wellingtons lost.

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9 Blenheims on uneventful sweeps.

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GERMANY, CHANNEL COAST
88 Blenheims, Hampdens, Wellingtons and Whitleys to many targets. The Fokker factory at Amsterdam was bombed. 1 Hampden and 1 Wellington lost.

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