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3. Royal Air Force.
 
      Daylight October 24th.
 Single aircraft attacked shipping 
      at Ostend, a convoy off Oeebrugge, and an aerodrome and railway 
      targets near Calais. All returned safely.
 
      
 
 
Night of October 24th/25th.
 Owing to unfavorable weather 
      conditions results of night operations were generally unobserved 
      but aircraft were detailed to attack targets as follows. Channel 
      ports of Flushing, Ostend and Dunkirk; Rhenania Ossag oil refinery 
      at Hamburg, bursts seen on target and fires started; Gelsenkirchen 
      synthetic oil plant; in the Berlin area the Putlitzstrasse and 
      Lehrter marshalling yards; Blohm and Voss ship yards at Hamburg, 
      large fires seen in target area; docks at Rotterdam, hits observed 
      on northern and western banks of the dock and fires started; 
      Cuxhaven where bursts seen across docks; communications at Bottrop, 
      Osnabruck, Emmerich, Munster and Duisburg; Neuhof electric power 
      station at Hamburg and warehouses at Veges where 4 fires started 
      Followed by small explosions; single aircraft also attacked aerodromes 
      at Bahrenfeld, Haamstede, Hamm, Haltern and Dekooy and seaplane 
      bases at De Mok and Ijmuiden. Two of our aircraft are missing. 
      
 
      
 
 
4. German Air Force.
 
      Night of October 23rd/24th. 
(Further reports.) Casualties 
      in the London area were approximately 18 killed and 33 seriously 
      wounded.
 
      Daylight October 24th. Enemy activity was slight and limited 
      to reconnaissances by single machines.
 
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