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Bomber Command raid - night of 8/9 December 1940

Bordeaux · France

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DÜSSELDORF, BORDEAUX, LORIENT, AIRFIELDS
90 aircraft; many crews reported good bombing. 1 Hampden and 1 Wellington lost. 2 O.T.U. sorties. 19 Hampdens patrolled over Bristol but made no contact with German bombers.

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5 Blenheims; 4 aircraft bombed various targets. No losses.

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BREMEN, PORTS
39 Blenheims and Wellingtons to Bremen, Antwerp, Boulogne and Lorient. 1 Blenheim lost.

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