The 52 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1939-10-29 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training

On Sunday 29 October 1939, a member of the 52 Sqdn, Pilot Officer H D Wardle, took off from an unknown RAF station in the United Kingdom. His mission is mentioned elsewhere on Back to Normandy. You can find the other details of this mission by searching here. Training and cargo flights are not separately mentioned as a mission. The plane left at an unknown time .

He flew with a Fairey Battle (type I, serial K9397, code ZE-).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

No report

Campaign report of the RAF:

October

Anti-shipping patrols continued in the North Sea with many sorties ending in failure having failed to locate any targets. Armed reconnaissance flights over Europe were also flown, mainly by Blenheims of No 2 Group. The loss rate as particularly high as many flights were flown by single aircraft

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