Fact Slap 👋 Today in 1939, Bomber Command sends 24 Vickers Wellington bombers of 115 Squadron against the Kriegsmarine base at Heligoland. A bomb is dropped on land when it "hangs up" in the bomb bay and eventually drops on Heligoland Island, where it apparently quite fortuitously hits an anti-aircraft battery. This marks the first RAF bombs dropped on the Reich in World War II. Video: Wellington Bombers in flight, animated by AI, original image in comments. | Fact Slap

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Newsreel footage of No. 139 (Jamaica) Squadron in September/October 1940, based at RAF Horsham St Faith. During the Battle of Britain, the Bristol Blenheim was already obsolescent but continued to serve with RAF Bomber Command, often taking heavy casualties. Between July and October 1940, units equipped with the Blenheim Mk. IV flew numerous sorties against targets in France and Germany - targeting invasion barges and shipping in Channel ports, raiding German-occupied airfields, and flying long-

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