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A BACK TO NORMANDY HISTORICAL EDITION MAY 1942 31 DAILY EDITIONS

May 1942

Daily Normandy — every edition of May 1942, day by day.
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1 May Flight of Spitfire Vb BN251 and Sergeant A F Peacock on 1942-05-01 27 events 2 May Japanese bombers attacked Seven Mile airfield near 31 events 3 May Manchester I (L7399 ZN-X) on a mission to Frisian Islands on 1942-05-03 59 events 4 May Handley Page Halifax II (R9451 MP-H) on a mission to Hamburg on 1942-05-04 37 events 5 May Vickers Wellington IC (Z8833 PM-L) on a mission to Nantes on 1942-05-05 38 events 6 May Vickers Wellington III (X3407 JN-A) on a mission to Stuttgart on 1942-05-06 32 events 7 May Handley Page Halifax II (W1050 TL_F) on a mission to Stuttgart on 1942-05-07 34 events 8 May Vickers Wellington III (Z1564 DX-) on a mission to Frisian Islands on 1942-05-08 32 events 9 May Handley Page Halifax II (R9456 MP-F) on a mission to Warnemunde on 1942-05-09 57 events 10 May The Thai Phayap Army invaded Shan State, Burma. In 20 events 11 May The 115 Sqdn left from Marham at 1942-05-11 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training 44 events 12 May On Tues. 12 may 1942 Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Quee 25 events 13 May Destroyer Yuzuki arrived at Ocean and Nauru Island 23 events 14 May HMS Vetch attacked and sank the German submarine U 18 events 15 May Hudson lost at North Sea (N Terschelling) on 15-05-1942 (SGLO ref: T1510) 23 events 16 May Vickers Wellington III (X3482 AA-J) on a mission to Frisian Islands on 1942-05-16 29 events 17 May Boston lost at Akkerwoude / Murmerwoude on 17-05-1942 (SGLO ref: T1513) 21 events 18 May Vickers Wellington III (Z1562 VR-N) on a mission to Frisian Islands on 1942-05-18 36 events 19 May The 15 Sqdn left from Wyton at 1942-05-19 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Air Test 17 events 20 May Vickers Wellington IC (Z1141 PM-) on a mission to Saint-Nazaire on 1942-05-20 53 events 21 May The unit an unknown left from Ossington at 1942-05-21 at an unknown time. Loc or duty ? 16 events 22 May Japanese merchant ship Naruto Maru arrived at Raba 8 events 23 May Flight of Spitfire Vb BM592 and Wing Commander A Vasatko on 1942-05-23 17 events 24 May The 21 Sqdn left from Abbotsinch at 1942-05-24 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training 17 events 25 May Flight of Spitfire Vb AD233 and Squadron Leader J Jankiewicz on 1942-05-25 25 events 26 May Flight of Spitfire Vb BM235 and Group Captain R L R Atcherley on 1942-05-26 20 events 27 May Whirlwind lost at Velsen (in NZ-kanaal bij veerpont) on 27-05-1942 (SGLO ref: T1521) 29 events 28 May Bf 109 lost at Katwijk (airfield) on 28-05-1942 (SGLO ref: T1523) 19 events 29 May The 161 Sqdn left from Tempsford at 1942-05-29 at an unknown time. Loc or duty SOE 39 events 30 May Handley Page Halifax II (W1065 MP-G) on a mission to Gennevilliers on 1942-05-30 43 events 31 May Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (AD698 -R) on a mission to North Sea on 1942-05-31 151 events
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