 Nine of 114 Squadron's Blenheims formed part of the 242 aircraft of Bomber Command launched against the German force.While three of the squadron's aircraft sighted the German battleships and attacked, like the rest of the bombs and torpedoes expended against the German ships, missed, although both battleships were damaged by previously-laid mines.The squadron continued on night attacks through March and April 1942, and on the night of 30/31 May, flew attacks against German night-fighter bases in support of Operation Millenium, the RAF's "1000 bomber" raid against Cologne.