BREMEN
73 Wellingtons and 35 Whitleys; they encountered storms, icing conditions and, reported for the first time in Bomber Command records, 'intense night-fighter attacks'. 11 Whitleys - 31 percent of the Whitleys dispatched - and 3 Wellingtons were lost, the heaviest night loss of the war so far. No report is available from Bremen but many of the bombers must have found their way by mistake to Hamburg, 50 miles away. This city reports 76 bombing incidents, 14 fires, 7 people killed, 39 injured and 55 bombed out and 5 bombers shot down by night fighters over the city.
VEGESACK
28 Hampdens to attack U-boat construction yards. No losses.
Minor Operations: 4 aircraft to Dunkirk, 3 to Emden, 1 to Cologne, 1 to DÜSSELDORF, 3 Hampdens to the Frisians, 4 O.T.U. sorties. No losses.
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24 Blenheims on a Circus operation to Comines. 18 Blenheims to Bremen turned back. 6 Stirlings to Bremerhaven did not reach the target. 1 Stirling lost in the sea.
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34 Hampdens minelaying in Elbe and Heligoland areas, no losses.
