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.
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6 Blenheims on an uneventful sea sweep.
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GERMANY, FRANCE
90 Blenheims, Hampdens, Wellingtons and Whitleys to Berlin, Magdeburg, the Ruhr and the German forests, and to airfields in France. No losses.
