GERMANY, HOLLAND, ITALY
131 Blenheims, Hampdens, Wellingtons and Whitleys to 10 targets in Germany, to airfields in Holland, to Turin and San Giovanni in Italy. All main and many alternative targets bombed. 2 Wellingtons were lost and 8 aircraft crashed in England.
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4 Blenheims on a sea sweep forced back by bad weather.
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GERMANY, FRANCE, HOLLAND, ITALY
84 Blenheims, Hampdens, Wellingtons and Whitleys to a wide variety of targets. 2 Whitleys and 1 Blenheim lost. Of particular interest was the effort by 30 Wellingtons to start fires in the Black Forest and the forests of Thuringia and the raid by 39 Hampdens to the U-boat base being established by the Germans at the French port of Lorient. The attack on Lorient was the first Bomber Command raid on this type of target. A report from Lorient says that in a series of 25 raids between September 1940 and July 1941 9 civilians were killed and 27 wounded and 25 civilian buildings were destroyed. There is no information on the effect of the bombing on the German base.
