BREMEN
45 Wellingtons and 25 Hampdens; the targets were haze-covered and bombing was scattered. 1 Hampden and 1 Wellington lost.
WILHELMSHAVEN
16 Wellingtons and 11 Whitleys. Wilhelmshaven reports bombing only in Cciliengroden, a village on the coast 4 km to the south, where one house was hit and 'several' people were killed and wounded.
3 Wellingtons to Emden and 1 Hampden to DÜSSELDORF without loss.
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39 Blenheims on coastal sweeps and a Circus operation to Choques power-station. 2 Blenheims lost.
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COLOGNE
44 Wellingtons and 18 Whitleys. 1 Wellington lost. Cologne reports a few bombs but no casualties.
DÜSSELDORF
30 Hampdens and 11 Manchesters. No aircraft lost. Crews report: 'Fires started.'
KIEL
26 aircraft - 13 Stirlings, 10 Halifaxes, 3 Wellingtons. 1 Halifax lost. Little damage in Kiel but 1 person was killed and 8 injured when a large bomb appeared to explode in the air above the old town. The casualties are believed to have been in the open, watching a bomber trying to escape from a large searchlight cone. The bomber escaped from the mass of Flak being fired at it.
Minor Operations: 2 aircraft to Boulogne, 1 each to Bremen, Emden and Hannover, 1 minelaying in the Frisians, 7 O.T.U. sorties. No losses.
