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A BACK TO NORMANDY HISTORICAL EDITION MAY 1940 31 DAILY EDITIONS

May 1940

Daily Normandy — every edition of May 1940, day by day.
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1 May Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (N1465 GE-) on a mission to Stavanger on 1940-05-01 27 events 2 May The 44 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1940-05-02 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training 5 events 3 May Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (N1406 MH-) on a mission to Oslo on 1940-05-03 10 events 4 May German He 115 aircraft bombed British submarine HM 4 events 5 May German aircraft attacked the surfaced HMS Seal, he 4 events 6 May British submarine HMS Sealion attacked German tran 8 events 7 May On Tues. 07 may 1940 German Luftwaffe aircraft attacked British cruiser 7 events 8 May The opposition party in the United Kingdom, the La 8 events 9 May Bristol Blenheim IV (L8828 BL-) on a mission to Den Haag on 1940-05-09 41 events 10 May Bristol Blenheim IV (L9175 VE-) on a mission to Maastricht on 1940-05-10 471 events 11 May Fairey Battle I (L5227 PH-J) on a mission to Veldwezelt Grens on 1940-05-11 133 events 12 May Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (N1366 KN-) on a mission to Monchengladbach on 1940-05-12 76 events 13 May Bristol Blenheim IV (L9179 XD-) on a mission to Sedan on 1940-05-13 121 events 14 May Bristol Blenheim IV (N6217 BL-) on a mission to Celles, Dinant on 1940-05-14 68 events 15 May Bristol Blenheim IV (L9411 XD-) on a mission to Montherme on 1940-05-15 46 events 16 May Vickers Wellington Ia (P9229 KO-S) on a mission to Duisburg on 1940-05-16 47 events 17 May Bristol Blenheim IV (L8852 LS-S) on a mission to Le Cateau-Cambresis on 1940-05-17 36 events 18 May Bristol Blenheim IV (L9191 WV-) on a mission to United Kingdom on 1940-05-18 47 events 19 May Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (N1388 KN-R) on a mission to Hannover on 1940-05-19 43 events 20 May Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (N1376 DY-D) on a mission to Gelsenkirchen on 1940-05-20 30 events 21 May Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (N1380 DY-R) on a mission to Ribemont on 1940-05-21 35 events 22 May Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (N1528 DY-E) on a mission to Euskirchen on 1940-05-22 43 events 23 May Bristol Blenheim IV (R3614 LS-O) on a mission to Aachen on 1940-05-23 30 events 24 May Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (N1361 GE-F) on a mission to Germany on 1940-05-24 28 events 25 May Fairey Battle I (L5459 JN-) on a mission to Ro 25 events 26 May Bristol Blenheim IV (R3774 VE-) on a mission to Saint-Omer on 1940-05-26 43 events 27 May Bristol Blenheim IV (L8744 YH-) on a mission to Clairmarais on 1940-05-27 44 events 28 May Bristol Blenheim IV (P6886 YH-) on a mission to Diksmuide on 1940-05-28 31 events 29 May Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (N1432 KN-) on a mission to Hirson on 1940-05-29 40 events 30 May Fairey Battle I (P2313 RH-) on a mission to Charleville-Mezieres on 1940-05-30 16 events 31 May Vickers Wellington Ic (R3162 HD-H) on a mission to Diksmuide on 1940-05-31 36 events
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