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A BACK TO NORMANDY HISTORICAL EDITION NOVEMBER 1939 30 DAILY EDITIONS

November 1939

Daily Normandy — every edition of November 1939, day by day.
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1 November Captain Aritomo Goto relieved as the commanding officer of Mutsu 6 events 2 November The 101 Sqdn left from West Raynham at 1939-11-02 at an unknown time. Loc or duty ? 6 events 3 November The 52 Sqdn left from Benson at 1939-11-03 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training 9 events 4 November Greiser at the inauguration ceremony as the Gauleiter of Reichsgau Posen 6 events 5 November The 35 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1939-11-05 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training 4 events 6 November The 57 Sqdn left from Metz-Frescaty at 1939-11-06 at 10:30. Loc or duty Reconnaisance 6 events 7 November The 57 Sqdn left from Metz-Frescaty at 1939-11-07 at 14:50. Loc or duty Reconnaisance 6 events 8 November Flight of Hurricane I L1959 and Pilot Officer R F Martin on 1939-11-08 6 events 9 November Adolf Hitler issued directive No. 9 which called f 5 events 10 November Flight of Hurricane I L1619 and Pilot Officer H J R Dunn on 1939-11-10 4 events 11 November Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (N1364 KN-) on a mission to Germany on 1939-11-11 8 events 12 November German submarine U-41 sank British trawler Cresswe 2 events 13 November Finnish diplomats Paasikivi and Tanner departed Mo 9 events 14 November Bristol Blenheim I (L1246 DX-) on a mission to United Kingdom on 1939-11-14 8 events 15 November The 35 Sqdn left from Cranfield at 1939-11-15 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training 19 events 16 November The 57 Sqdn left from Rosieres-en-Santerre at 1939-11-16 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Reconnaisance 3 events 17 November Japanese troops landed at Fangcheng and Beihai in 6 events 18 November At Salzburg, Austria, Adolf Hitler told the Italia 1 events 19 November The 144 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1939-11-19 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training 3 events 20 November The 101 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1939-11-20 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training 5 events 21 November On Tues. 21 Nov 1939 Heinrich Himmler announced that the United Kingdom 3 events 22 November German aircraft dropped magnetic mines in River Thames 2 events 23 November Flight of Hurricane I L1925 and Flying Officer C D Palmer on 1939-11-23 9 events 24 November Japanese 5th Division captured Nanning, Guangxi Pr 3 events 25 November German submarine U-28 sank British merchant ship R 1 events 26 November Lord Gort and Lieutenant General Pownall 3 events 27 November Sealion (Sargo-class) was commissioned into servic 5 events 28 November The 207 Sqdn left from Cranfield at 1939-11-28 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training 5 events 29 November British destroyers forced German submarine U-35 to surface 3 events 30 November The 185 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1939-11-30 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training 3 events
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