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A BACK TO NORMANDY HISTORICAL EDITION FEBRUARY 1940 29 DAILY EDITIONS

February 1940

Daily Normandy — every edition of February 1940, day by day.
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1 February The keel of refrigerated cargo ship Telemachus was 11 events 2 February Soviet troops continued to assert pressure on Finn 3 events 3 February German bombers attacked British minesweepers Sphin 7 events 4 February Japanese 26th Division captured Linhe, Suiyuan Pro 3 events 5 February USS Helena arrived at Santos, Brazil 3 events 6 February The 38 Sqdn left from Marham at 1940-02-06 at an unknown time. Loc or duty ? 5 events 7 February Soviet troops attacked the Summa gap in Finland fo 6 events 8 February The Soviet Union asked Finland to choose an island 3 events 9 February Flight of Hurricane I L1744 and Flying Officer M K Carswell on 1940-02-09 7 events 10 February German submarine U-48 stopped Dutch steamer Burger 10 events 11 February Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada, died 5 events 12 February Flight of Hurricane I unknown and Sergeant P F H Thurgar on 1940-02-12 9 events 13 February On Tues. 13 Feb 1940 German submarine U-50 fired several torpedoes at N 7 events 14 February German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee's suppl 7 events 15 February The 105 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1940-02-15 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training 9 events 16 February The 21 Sqdn left from Watton at 1940-02-16 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Reconnaisance 7 events 17 February The 110 Sqdn left from Wattisham at 1940-02-17 at 12:15. Loc or duty Reconnaisance 6 events 18 February The 90 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1940-02-18 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training 6 events 19 February The Soviet 18th Division attacked across the froze 4 events 20 February The 105 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1940-02-20 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training 10 events 21 February The 99 Sqdn left from Newmarket Heath at 1940-02-21 at 21:34. Loc or duty Reconnaisance 13 events 22 February Flight of Spitfire I K9962 and Squadron Leader A D Farquhar on 1940-02-22 7 events 23 February Sweden denied British and French troops passage ac 5 events 24 February Vickers Wellington Ia (N3004 LN-I) on a mission to Germany on 1940-02-24 10 events 25 February The 18 Sqdn left from Metz-Frescaty at 1940-02-25 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Reconnaisance 4 events 26 February Soviet troops continued to attack toward Viipuri, 2 events 27 February The 82 Sqdn left from Watton at 1940-02-27 at 12:30. Loc or duty Reconnaisance 5 events 28 February Fokker S-IV lost at unknown place on 28-02-1940 (SGLO ref: T0011AB) 6 events 29 February Flight of Spitfire I K9898 and Squadron Leader F W C Shute on 1940-02-29 9 events
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