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A BACK TO NORMANDY HISTORICAL EDITION AUGUST 1940 31 DAILY EDITIONS

August 1940

Daily Normandy — every edition of August 1940, day by day.
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1 August Bristol Blenheim IV (L8780 VE-) on a mission to Soesterberg on 1940-08-01 41 events 2 August Flight of Spitfire R6717 Ivor Arber crashed on 1940-08-02 20 events 3 August Vickers Wellington Ic (R3202 KO-J) on a mission to Hamburg on 1940-08-03 21 events 4 August Vickers Wellington Ic (R3176 AA-) on a mission to Horst on 1940-08-04 19 events 5 August Flight of Spitfire N3234 and unknown rank unknown name on 1940-08-05 16 events 6 August On Tues. 06 Aug 1940 Destroyers USS Walke and USS Wainwright arrived at 11 events 7 August Hampden I (P4377 EA-K) on a mission to Frisian Islands on 1940-08-07 18 events 8 August The 18 Sqdn left from West Raynham at 1940-08-08 at 16:00. Loc or duty Aerodromes 41 events 9 August Hampden I (L4053 OL-N) on a mission to Ludwigshafen on 1940-08-09 18 events 10 August Bristol Blenheim IV (T1850 OM-) on a mission to Dinard on 1940-08-10 23 events 11 August Flight of Hurricane I R4092 and Flying Officer R S Demetriadi on 1940-08-11 45 events 12 August Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (P4983 MH-) on a mission to Gelsenkirchen on 1940-08-12 49 events 13 August Bristol Blenheim IV (R3768 LS-) on a mission to Lannion on 1940-08-13 43 events 14 August Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (P4965 ZA-H) on a mission to Torino on 1940-08-14 24 events 15 August Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (P5044 KN-) on a mission to Bordeaux on 1940-08-15 67 events 16 August Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (N1385 DY-G) on a mission to Augsburg on 1940-08-16 54 events 17 August Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (N1382 DY-A) on a mission to Augsburg on 1940-08-17 26 events 18 August Bristol Blenheim IV (R3892 VE-) on a mission to Bremen on 1940-08-18 53 events 19 August The 114 Sqdn left from Oulton at 1940-08-19 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Bremen 19 events 20 August Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (P4968 MH-) on a mission to Zschornewitz on 1940-08-20 24 events 21 August Swordfish lost at Scheldemonding - Goederede on 21-08-1940 (SGLO ref: T0786) 16 events 22 August Hampden I (P4360 PL-L) on a mission to Hannover on 1940-08-22 14 events 23 August Fairey Battle I (L5503 WT-) on a mission to Boulogne-sur-Mer on 1940-08-23 20 events 24 August Hampden I (P2117 PL-N) on a mission to Brest on 1940-08-24 39 events 25 August Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (N1473 KN-) on a mission to Augsburg on 1940-08-25 43 events 26 August Hampden I (P1354 OL-Y) on a mission to Berlin on 1940-08-26 75 events 27 August Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (P4990 ZA-T) on a mission to Milano on 1940-08-27 22 events 28 August Vickers Wellington Ic (P9272 OJ-A) crashed on a mission to Kiel on 1940-08-28 34 events 29 August Hampden I (X2897 OL-) on a mission to Berlin on 1940-08-29 28 events 30 August Hampden I (P2135 EA-) on a mission to United Kingdom on 1940-08-30 56 events 31 August Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (P5002 GE-T) on a mission to Berlin on 1940-08-31 79 events
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