9 Blenheims to Germany turned back.
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BREMEN
141 aircraft to Bremen and in smaller raids to ports in Holland, Belgium and France. Many fires seen in target area.
Bremen reports accurate bombing, particularly by the first wave of aircraft, which hit the Focke-Wulf factory in the southern suburb of Hemelingen. 2 other industrial firms received serious damage and several others light damage. A large fire was started in stacks of straw and hay at an army depot. Fire units from outside Bremen were called in to help and the firemen had a difficult time in the prolonged bombing raid in a temperature of - 12 Celsius. The bombing spread to the town centre where 14 housing units (blocks of flats) were destroyed and 313 damaged, though much of the damage consisted only of broken windows. 11 people were killed (including 3 firemen) and 30 people injured.
No aircraft were lost but 4 crashed in England.
