MINELAYING
55 aircraft to Lorient, St-Nazaire and the Frisians. 1 Hampden and 1 Wellington lost.
1 Lancaster made a leaflet flight to France and returned safely.
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12 Bostons bombed Boulogne railway yards without loss.
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DUISBURG
194 aircraft - 139 Wellingtons, 33 Halifaxes, 13 Lancasters, 9 Stirlings - on the first of a series of raids on this industrial city on the edge of the Ruhr. 6 aircraft - 3 Wellingtons, 2 Stirlings, 1 Lancaster - were lost and 4 more aircraft crashed in England.
The force encountered cloud and electrical storms and reported that their bombing was well scattered. Duisburg reports only housing damage - 11 houses destroyed, 68 seriously damaged - and 17 people killed.
Minor Operations: 10 Blenheim Intruders, 6 aircraft on leaflet flights. 1 Intruder lost.
