and bombs also fell on the town of Westerland, on the island of Sylt, on 12 January. A suspected German U-boat was bombed on 13 December and a Flak ship on 16 December, but no results were claimed. The Whitleys suffered no casualties during these operations; the only attack made on them was by R.A.F. Spitfires off the coast of Lincolnshire on 17 December.
