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5 Wellingtons and 1 Stirling attacked Cherbourg docks, starting fires. 2 Hampdens minelaying off Warnemnde. No losses.
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30 Blenheims on escorted raids to Lille power-station (12 aircraft), Lannion and St-Omer airfields and Le Trait shipyard (6 aircraft to each). Some alternative targets had to be bombed because of cloud. 3 Fortresses to Bremen, Hamburg and Kiel but only Bremen was bombed. No losses from any operation.
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