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The 403 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1942-09-22 at an unknown time

1942-09-22 · Unknown location · United Kingdom

The story

On Tuesday 22 September 1942, a member of the 403 Sqdn, Sergeant J T Norman, took off from an unknown RAF station in the United Kingdom. His mission is mentioned elsewhere on WW2 History Europe. You can find the other details of this mission by searching here. Training and cargo flights are not separately mentioned as a mission. The plane left at an unknown time .

He flew with a Supermarine Spitfire (type VB, serial AR440, code -).

Campaign report of the USAAF:


(Twelfth Air Force:) Brigadier General John K Cannon takes command of the XII Ground Air Support Command.

Campaign report of the RAF:


21/22 September 1942

17 aircraft minelaying in Kiel Bay and off Denmark. 3 Wellingtons lost.

22 September 1942

18 Bostons in low-level pairs attacked power-stations in France. 6 Mosquitos were sent to Ijmuiden steelworks; 4 aircraft bombed there. 2 Bostons lost.


With thanks to the RAF and USAAF.net!

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