KIEL
160 aircraft - 74 Wellingtons, 44 Whitleys, 29 Hampdens, 12 Manchesters, 1 Stirling. 4 aircraft - 2 Wellingtons, 1 Hampden, 1 Manchester - lost and 9 further aircraft crashed in England.
The bomber crews claimed another successful raid. From the Kiel reports, it seems that this attack fell more in the town than in the dock areas. A long list of buildings damaged includes a bank, a museum, an engineering college and the gasworks. Gas and electricity were cut off and in some areas the water supply also failed, causing great difficulty. 125 people were killed and 300 injured. This casualty list is believed to be the heaviest of the war so far in a German town. 8,000 civilians and 300 naval personnel were bombed out and large numbers of civilians decided to leave the city by any means possible, including on foot. These two raids on Kiel in consecutive nights were probably the most successful of the war on any target till then.
BREMERHAVEN
22 Blenheims; claimed good bombing. No losses.
Minor Operations: 10 Hampdens minelaying off Brest and Calais, 5 Wellingtons to Rotterdam, 2 Blenheims to Emden. 1 minelaying Hampden lost.
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20 Blenheims to Belgian, Dutch and Danish coasts. Many attacks on ships and land targets. No losses.
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BERLIN
80 aircraft - 36 Wellingtons, 24 Hampdens, 17 Whitleys, 3 Stirlings. 5 aircraft - 3 Wellingtons, 1 Stirling, 1 Whitley - lost.
Minor Operations: 9 aircraft to Vegesack, 7 to Emden and 3 Hampdens minelaying in the East Frisians. 2 Wellingtons lost from the Vegesack raid and 1 Wellington from the Emden raid. The Wellington lost on the Emden raid was from 12 Squadron, which was flying its first operation with Wellingtons on this night; the pilot was the squadron commander, Wing Commander V. Q. Blackden, who was killed and is buried at Lemsterland in Holland.
