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Bomber Command raid - night of 8/9 October 1942

Lorient · France

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MINELAYING
57 aircraft to Lorient, St-Nazaire, Brest, Ostend, Texel and the Frisians. 2 Wellingtons lost.

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5 Mosquitoes to scattered targets in Germany. 1 aircraft lost.

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14 Wellingtons laid mines in the Frisian Islands without loss.

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