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First RAF Minelaying Operation Begins in Danish Waters
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1940

First RAF Minelaying Operation Begins in Danish Waters

first RAF minelaying operation: How RAF Hampdens began wartime aerial minelaying off Denmark on 13 April 1940, opening a campaign that later sank hundreds of vessels.

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first RAF minelaying operation: How RAF Hampdens began wartime aerial minelaying off Denmark on 13 April 1940, opening a campaign that later sank hundreds of vessels.
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