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A BACK TO NORMANDY HISTORICAL EDITION SEPTEMBER 1939 30 DAILY EDITIONS

September 1939

Daily Normandy — every edition of September 1939, day by day.
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1 September German troops escorting the fighters who had surrendered at the Danzig post office 19 events 2 September Internierungslager Stutthof etwa 200 Polen 13 events 3 September Bristol Blenheim IV (N6199 VE-) on a mission to Wilhelmshaven on 1939-09-03 23 events 4 September Armstrong Whitworth Whitley III (K8969 GE-G) on a mission to Germany on 1939-09-04 15 events 5 September A girl holding her dog in a devastated neighborhood in Warsaw, Poland, 5 Sep 1939 15 events 6 September Flight of Hurricane I L1985 and Pilot Officer M L Hulton-Harrop on 1939-09-06 8 events 7 September Überstellung („Schutzhaft“) Schaper Friedrich departure 13 events 8 September Überstellung („Schutzhaft“) Schaper Friedrich arrival 11 events 9 September Armstrong Whitworth Whitley III (K8950 DY-M) on a mission to Germany on 1939-09-09 15 events 10 September The 82 Sqdn left from Netheravon at 1939-09-10 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training 12 events 11 September Armstrong Whitworth Whitley III (K8965 GE-) on a mission to Germany on 1939-09-11 9 events 12 September On Tues. 12 Sep 1939 Polish volunteer firefighters watching German airc 2 events 13 September U-27 sank British trawler Davara 39 kilometers (24 8 events 14 September German submarine U-39 attacked HMS Ark Royal; the 5 events 15 September German troops captured Gdynia, Poland. Meanwhile, 8 events 16 September Armstrong Whitworth Whitley III (K8947 KN-D) on a mission to Germany on 1939-09-16 7 events 17 September The Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland burning after being hit by German shellfire, 17 Sep 1939 12 events 18 September Armstrong Whitworth Whitley III (K9001 MH-) on a mission to United Kingdom on 1939-09-18 11 events 19 September On Tues. 19 Sep 1939 Josef Frantisek attacked advancing German columns 17 events 20 September The 150 Sqdn left from Ecury-sur-Coole at 1939-09-20 at 11:15. Loc or duty Training 13 events 21 September Vladimir Yulianovich Borovitsky and General Heinz Guderian in Brest 6 events 22 September Lieutenant General Heinz Guderian and Russian Army Brigadier General Semyon Krivoshein 10 events 23 September Wilhelm Gustloff, as a hospital ship at Danzig 6 events 24 September German Einsatzgruppen murdered 800 members of Poli 4 events 25 September Aerial view of Warsaw, Poland, 25 Sep 1939 8 events 26 September On Tues. 26 Sep 1939 Three Skua aircraft of 803 Naval Air Squadron of H 4 events 27 September German Gestapo organization, Soviet NKVD organization met at Bugiem, Poland 8 events 28 September Hampden I (L4121 PL-) on a mission to Heligoland on 1939-09-28 16 events 29 September The 144 Sqdn left from Hemswell at 1939-09-29 at 6:40. Loc or duty Heligoland 9 events 30 September The 150 Sqdn left from Ecury-sur-Coole at 1939-09-30 at 10:55. Loc or duty Reconnaisance 10 events
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