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Bomber Command raid - night of 5/6 December 1940

Gelsenkirchen · Germany

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5 Whitleys to Gelsenkirchen; only 1 bombed; no losses.

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ANTI-LUFTWAFFE OPERATIONS
55 Blenheims, Hampdens and Whitleys to Luftwaffe bomber airfields in the Occupied Countries. 2 Hampdens lost. A further 20 Hampdens carried out 'interruption patrols', attempting to engage German bombers raiding Bristol, but with no success. 1 O.T.U. sortie to Paris.

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