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COLOGNE
71 Hampdens, Wellingtons and Whitleys. 1 Hampden lost.
Partial cloud hampered bombing but many fires were reported. Cologne records no bombs in the main city but a few on western outskirts. An opencast coal mine claimed 300-500 Reichsmarks (£30-£50) compensation for damaged equipment.
Minor Operations: 8 Wellingtons bombed Boulogne without loss. 7 aircraft to Brest with 1 Stirling lost. This was the first Stirling to be lost; Squadron Leader J. M. Griffiths-Jones, D.F.C., of 7 Squadron, and his crew all died; their names are on the Runnymede Memorial to the Missing.
The night squadrons of Bomber Command were stood down because of bad weather for the next week.
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1 Blenheim to Ghent turned back.
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