ROTTERDAM
31 Hampdens and 3 Wellingtons bombed dock targets. 1 further Wellington to Antwerp. No losses. Hampdens of 50 Squadron dropped 500 bags of tea from the Dutch East Indies for civilians during the Rotterdam raid.
KREFELD
20 Hampdens and 9 Whitleys to the railway yards; they encountered cloud over the target and only 1 aircraft claimed to have hit the yards. There were no losses.
MNCHENGLADBACH
29 Wellingtons to a railway target; the area was completely cloud-covered. No aircraft lost.
2 Wellingtons of 115 Squadron carried out the first trial of the new Gee navigation device on this raid. The trials were continued for a further 2 nights. They were successful but the flights then stopped to allow mass production of the equipment for later use to commence.
