The 218 Sqdn left from Auberive-sur-Suippe at 1940-01-12 at 13:40. Loc or duty Training

On Friday 12 January 1940, a member of the 218 Sqdn, Aircraftman 1st Class J A Drummond, took off from Auberive-sur-Suippe in the France. 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 13:40.

He flew with a Fairey Battle (type I, serial K9357, code HA-).

Campaign report of the USAAF:

No report

Campaign report of the RAF:

January

The year began after a 10-day break without any operations in much the same way as 1939 had ended. 'Nickelling', anti-shipping and armed recce flights formed a large part of Bomber Command's operations with occasional bombing sorties being flown.

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