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A BACK TO NORMANDY HISTORICAL EDITION MAY 1943 31 DAILY EDITIONS

May 1943

Daily Normandy — every edition of May 1943, day by day.
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1 May Second Lieutenant Sternglanz Donald M (Service #: O-725918) died on 1943-05-01 56 events 2 May A-20/Havoc/DB-7/Boston/P-70 IIIA (BZ227 OM-K) on a mission to IJmuiden on 1943-05-02 36 events 3 May Ventura lost at Amsterdam Noord (Kometensingel) on 03-05-1943 (SGLO ref: T2247) 38 events 4 May Spitfire lost at North Sea (10 km SW Haamstede) on 04-05-1943 (SGLO ref: T2256) 27 events 5 May Handley Page Halifax II (DT794 VR-Y) on a mission to Dortmund on 1943-05-05 127 events 6 May Short Stirling III (BF340 AA-Q) on a mission to Frisian Islands on 1943-05-06 12 events 7 May Flight of Spitfire Vb EE747 and Flying Officer L W Jones on 1943-05-07 22 events 8 May Naliboki,129 men, women and children were killed 14 events 9 May Mosquito lost at Wieringermeer (Schelpenbolweg) on 09-05-1943 (SGLO ref: T2279) 16 events 10 May Short Stirling III (BK812 OJ-) on a mission to United Kingdom on 1943-05-10 13 events 11 May On Tues. 11 may 1943 26 girls were killed in an Auxiliary Territorial S 18 events 12 May B-25 Mitchell II (FL197 VO-) on a mission to Boulogne-sur-Mer on 1943-05-12 16 events 13 May Handley Page Halifax II (JB806 MH-J Bar) on a mission to Duisburg on 1943-05-13 146 events 14 May A-20/Havoc/DB-7/Boston/P-70 IIIa (BZ260 OM-) on a mission to Poix-de-Picardie on 1943-05-14 149 events 15 May B-25 Mitchell II (FL207 VO-) on a mission to Caen on 1943-05-15 30 events 16 May Flight of Beaufighter VI unknown and Flight Sergeant S C Fermor on 1943-05-16 20 events 17 May Vickers Wellington X (HE386 HD-Z) on a mission to Frisian Islands on 1943-05-17 51 events 18 May Short Stirling III (BK701 OJ-G) on a mission to Frisian Islands on 1943-05-18 24 events 19 May Bf 110 lost at Rijen (Rijensche Broek) on 19-05-1943 (SGLO ref: T2342) 19 events 20 May Mosquito IV (DZ464 XD-C) on a mission to Orleans on 1943-05-20 23 events 21 May Avro Lancaster III (ED824 HW-E) on a mission to Frisian Islands on 1943-05-21 50 events 22 May Vickers Wellington X (HE200 SE-P) on a mission to Frisian Islands on 1943-05-22 30 events 23 May Lancaster lost at Waddenzee (7 km SOudeschild) on 23-05-1943 (SGLO ref: T2358) 17 events 24 May Handley Page Halifax II (JB862 VR-U) on a mission to Dortmund on 1943-05-24 127 events 25 May Flight of Spitfire Vb EP384 and Flying Officer F De Naeyer on 1943-05-25 18 events 26 May Handley Page Halifax II (HR806 LQ-D) on a mission to Düsseldorf on 1943-05-26 97 events 27 May Ventura B-34/B-37/PV-1/PV-2 II (AJ444 YH-) on a mission to Zeebrugge on 1943-05-27 22 events 28 May Handley Page Halifax II (DT674 EQ-A) on a mission to Essen on 1943-05-28 80 events 29 May Short Stirling I (BF405 HA-U) on a mission to Frisian Islands on 1943-05-29 15 events 30 May Handley Page Halifax II (JB793 VR-X) on a mission to Wuppertal on 1943-05-30 96 events 31 May Flight of Spitfire IX LZ955 and Sergeant / Pilot Officer G R Brown on 1943-05-31 18 events
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