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A BACK TO NORMANDY HISTORICAL EDITION JANUARY 1942 31 DAILY EDITIONS

January 1942

Daily Normandy — every edition of January 1942, day by day.
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1 January Four Australian Hudson medium bombers attacked Kap 18 events 2 January Flight of Hurricane IIb BE483 and Sergeant B P O'Neill on 1942-01-02 28 events 3 January Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (Z6656 EY-) on a mission to Saint-Nazaire on 1942-01-03 20 events 4 January Vickers Wellington IC (R1519 LN-Q) on a mission to Brest on 1942-01-04 18 events 5 January Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (Z9289 DY-) on a mission to Brest on 1942-01-05 27 events 6 January The 458 Sqdn left from Holme on Spalding Moor at 1942-01-06 at 4:37. Loc or duty Brest 21 events 7 January Vickers Wellington II (W5514 PH-S) on a mission to Brest on 1942-01-07 20 events 8 January Vickers Wellington IV (R1785 FV-) on a mission to Cherbourg on 1942-01-08 19 events 9 January The 61 Sqdn left from North Luffenham at 1942-01-09 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Cherbourg 30 events 10 January Vickers Wellington IC (W5682 KX-Y) on a mission to Brest on 1942-01-10 33 events 11 January Vickers Wellington III (W5611 PH-) on a mission to Wilhelmshaven on 1942-01-11 30 events 12 January Japanese troops continued to attack the Abucay-Mau 16 events 13 January On Tues. 13 Jan 1942 German bombers attacked Lowestoft, Suffolk and Red 11 events 14 January Blenheim lost at North Sea (near Schiermonnikoog) on 14-01-1942 (SGLO ref: T1377) 20 events 15 January Bristol Blenheim IV (V6391 RT-V) on a mission to Schiphol Amsterdam Airport on 1942-01-15 40 events 16 January Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (Z9424 MH-R) on a mission to Emden on 1942-01-16 43 events 17 January The 76 Sqdn left from Middleton St George at 1942-01-17 at 11:00. Loc or duty Training 21 events 18 January Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (Z9301 MH-N) on a mission to Emden on 1942-01-18 27 events 19 January Japanese troops captured the airfield at Tavoy (no 17 events 20 January Wellington lost at North Sea (near Terschelling) on 20-01-1942 (SGLO ref: T1386) 21 events 21 January Vickers Wellington IV (Z1207 QT-V) on a mission to Emden on 1942-01-21 32 events 22 January Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (Z9311 MH-J) on a mission to Emden on 1942-01-22 37 events 23 January Vickers Wellington IV (Z1285 GR-S) on a mission to Munster on 1942-01-23 32 events 24 January Troop convoy MS2 arrived at Singapore, disembarkin 24 events 25 January Flight of Spitfire Vb AB788 and Flight Lieutenant J T Strang on 1942-01-25 18 events 26 January Hampden I (AD782 EQ-A) on a mission to Brest on 1942-01-26 19 events 27 January Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (Z9315 MH-V) on a mission to Germany on 1942-01-27 31 events 28 January Hampden lost at Lievelde - Besselinkschans on 28-01-1942 (SGLO ref: T1396) 27 events 29 January Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V (Z9305 EY-) on a mission to Rotterdam on 1942-01-29 33 events 30 January Handley Page Halifax I (L9581 MP-Q) on a mission to Trondheim on 1942-01-30 22 events 31 January Hudson lost at IJmuiden (near entrance harbor) on 31-01-1942 (SGLO ref: T1397) 19 events
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