GERMANY, CHANNEL PORTS
104 Blenheims, Hampdens, Wellingtons and Whitleys to many targets and minelaying in the River Elbe. A force of bombers attacking Berlin on this night was given the German Air Ministry building, the Reichsluftfahrt-Ministerium, in the Leipzigstrasse, as their target. 17 aircraft claimed to have found this single building and aimed bombs at it. 3 Wellingtons and 2 Whitleys lost.
6. The crew of a Whitley and their aircraft. The Whitleys of 4 Group were the main long-range night bombers of the early war years, flying 9,858 sorties, and their crews suffered severely from cold during winter months.
Only 6 bombs fell in the whole of Berlin on this night, mostly in the western suburbs. The Air Ministry was not hit until 1944 when it sustained light damage in American raids.
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7 Blenheims on uneventful sweeps.
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GERMANY, CHANNEL COAST
99 Blenheims, Hampdens, Wellingtons and Whitleys to numerous targets in Germany, to Channel ports and minelaying. 1 Hampden, 1 Wellington and 1 Whitley lost.
