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A BACK TO NORMANDY HISTORICAL EDITION OCTOBER 1939 31 DAILY EDITIONS

October 1939

Daily Normandy — every edition of October 1939, day by day.
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1 October The 139 Sqdn left from Wyton at 1939-10-01 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Reconnaisance 13 events 2 October Armstrong Whitworth Whitley IV (K9018 ZA-) on a mission to Germany on 1939-10-02 9 events 3 October Last significant units of Polish army surrender near Luck 6 events 4 October Chinese troops captured Miluo and Xinshi 10 events 5 October Adolf Hitler at a German military parade in Warsaw 1 events 6 October Flight of Spitfire K9821 and Flying Officer W Clouston on 1939-10-06 9 events 7 October Adolf Hitler appointed Heinrich Himmler as Reich C 4 events 8 October The 110 Sqdn left from Wattisham at 1939-10-08 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training 7 events 9 October British Prime Minister Chamberlain announced a com 3 events 10 October The 82 Sqdn left from Upper Heyford at 1939-10-10 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training 12 events 11 October Gauleiter Arthur Greiser 7 events 12 October German submarine U-48 sank French tanker Emile Mig 6 events 13 October The 57 Sqdn left from Metz-Frescaty at 1939-10-13 at 11:40. Loc or duty Reconnaisance 8 events 14 October USS Helena departed New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, 4 events 15 October Armstrong Whitworth Whitley III (K8943 DY-) on a mission to United Kingdom on 1939-10-15 4 events 16 October The 57 Sqdn left from Etain-Rouvres at 1939-10-16 at 11:00. Loc or duty Reconnaisance 10 events 17 October Armstrong Whitworth Whitley III (K8996 DY) on a mission to United Kingdom on 1939-10-17 7 events 18 October The 52 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1939-10-18 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training 11 events 19 October American gunboat Erie arrived off Manzanillo, Mexi 3 events 20 October The German-captured US freighter City of Flint arr 3 events 21 October Arthur Greiser was named the Gauleiter of Reichsga 6 events 22 October American freighters Endicott and West Gambo were d 5 events 23 October HMS Edinburgh departed Rosyth, Scotland, United Ki 4 events 24 October The 106 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1939-10-24 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training 4 events 25 October Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (N1358 KN-T) on a mission to Germany on 1939-10-25 5 events 26 October German authoriities decreed that Polish Jews betwe 4 events 27 October The US Consul at Gibraltar met with British author 2 events 28 October Armstrong Whitworth Whitley III (K8984 MH-N) on a mission to Germany on 1939-10-28 8 events 29 October The first German aircraft to be shot down in Brita 7 events 30 October The 18 Sqdn left from Metz-Frescaty at 1939-10-30 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Reconnaisance 6 events 31 October On Tues. 31 Oct 1939 Vyacheslav Molotov, ugly off spring of the Versailles Treaty 6 events
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