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Re: RAF Bomber Command Operations 08/09 July 1941
Richard,
Not a full list of squadrons for that night but squadrons that lost aircraft during these raids, taken from 'Bomber Command Losses' Vol.2 - Chorley......
9 Squadron - Munster (1)
10 squadron - Hamm (1)
35 Squadron - Merseburg (1)
44 Squadron - Hamm (2)
58 Squadron - Hamm (1)
78 squadron - Hamm (3)
83 Squadron - Hamm (1)
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Bomber Command raids of 8/9 July 1941
Hamm.
45 Hampdens and 28 Whitleys. Only 31 aircraft were able to bomb in the target area. 4 Whitleys and 3 Hampdens lost.
Munster.
51 Wellingtons. 1 lost. Large fires were claimed in the railway-station area. Munster recorded 15 people killed.
Bielfeld.
33 Wellingtons to attack a power-station. No losses.
Merseburg.
13 Halifaxes and 1 Stirling to the Leuna oil plant. 1 Halifax lost.
'The Bomber Command War Diaries' - Middlebrook/Everitt
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