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A BACK TO NORMANDY HISTORICAL EDITION APRIL 1940 30 DAILY EDITIONS

April 1940

Daily Normandy — every edition of April 1940, day by day.
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1 April The 82 Sqdn left from Bodney at 1940-04-01 at 11:00. Loc or duty Reconnaisance 9 events 2 April He 115 lost at Waddenzee (SW Terschelling) on 02-04-1940 (SGLO ref: T0014B) 10 events 3 April Flight of Spitfire I N3114 and Flying Officer E N Ryder on 1940-04-03 11 events 4 April The 149 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1940-04-04 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training 6 events 5 April The 51 Sqdn left from Dishforth at 1940-04-05 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training 7 events 6 April The 35 Sqdn left from Upwood at 1940-04-06 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training 9 events 7 April Fokker G-1 lost at Waalhaven airfield (landingsaccident) on 07-04-1940 (SGLO ref: T0014BA) 8 events 8 April British Navy place mines in Vestfjorden 6 events 9 April Flight of Hurricane L1790 and unknown rank unknown name on 1940-04-09 11 events 10 April British Navy sailing with five destroyers into Ofotfjord 9 events 11 April Hampden I (L4064 VN-) on a mission to Kristiansand on 1940-04-11 13 events 12 April Vickers Wellington Ic (P9284 KO-J) on a mission to Stavanger on 1940-04-12 14 events 13 April Flight of Short Sunderland I N6138 and unknown rank unknown name on 1940-04-13 7 events 14 April Hampden I (L4065 VN-) on a mission to Frisian Islands on 1940-04-14 14 events 15 April Hampden I (L4152 OL-S) on a mission to Frisian Islands on 1940-04-15 17 events 16 April Bristol Blenheim IV (N6185 OM-) on a mission to Stavanger on 1940-04-16 8 events 17 April Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (N1387 KN-) on a mission to V 10 events 18 April Vickers Wellington Ia (P9234 LN-) on a mission to Stavanger on 1940-04-18 10 events 19 April Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (N1352 KN-B) on a mission to Trondheim on 1940-04-19 9 events 20 April The 218 Sqdn left from Auberive-sur-Suippe at 1940-04-20 at 20:55. Loc or duty Reconnaisance 10 events 21 April Flight of Hurricane P3546 and Pilot Officer D de C C Gower on 1940-04-21 6 events 22 April Vickers Wellington Ia (P9218 OJ-) on a mission to Aalborg on 1940-04-22 13 events 23 April Armstrong Whitworth Whitley IV (K9043 MH-G) on a mission to Aalborg on 1940-04-23 10 events 24 April Armstrong Whitworth Whitley IV (K9048 MH-P) on a mission to Aalborg on 1940-04-24 12 events 25 April The 110 Sqdn left from Lossiemouth at 1940-04-25 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Reconnaisance 21 events 26 April Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (N1383 DY-H) on a mission to Aalborg on 1940-04-26 11 events 27 April Lorraine departed France for Alexandria, Egypt 3 events 28 April French soldiers arrive at the British operations centre in Harstad 3 events 29 April Bristol Blenheim IV (L9242 VE-) on a mission to Stavanger on 1940-04-29 7 events 30 April Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (N1500 DY-) on a mission to United Kingdom on 1940-04-30 13 events
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