Back to Normandy - Recently Added Listings - Handley Page Hereford https://backtonormandy.org/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 21:11:53 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 The 185 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1939-09-22 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/handley-page-hereford-/27851-RAF10113.html On Friday 22 September 1939, a member of the 185 Sqdn, Pilot Officer R Hodgingham, 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 Handley Page Hereford (type I, serial L6005, code -).

Campaign report of the USAAF:


No report

Campaign report of the RAF:


September

Within hours of the declaration of war, 28 aircraft (1 Blenheim, 18 Hampdens and 9 Wellingtons) were despatched to locate German warships. The Blenheim, of No 139 Squadron, was the first RAF aircraft to cross the German coast in WWII. That night, 10 Whitleys from Nos 51 and 58 Squadrons dropped leaflets over Hamburg, Bremen and The Ruhr. Both operations were completed without loss. But anti-shipping operations on the following day told a very different tale. 29 Blenheims and Wellingtons attempted to bomb German warships in Wilhelmshaven and Brunsbüttel. 5 Blenheims and 2 Wellingtons were lost and little damage was done to those vessels attacked. No 107 Squadron lost 4 out of 5 aircraft dispatched. Much of the remainder of the month was spent on leaflet raids ('Nickelling') and reconnaissance flights but on the 29th another attempt was made to attack the German Fleet in Heligoland Bight. This time, 11 Hampdens were sent in broad daylight and the second formation of 5 aircraft, all from No 144 Squadron, failed to return.

Within hours of the declaration of war, 28 aircraft (1 Blenheim, 18 Hampdens and 9 Wellingtons) were despatched to locate German warships. The Blenheim, of No 139 Squadron, was the first RAF aircraft to cross the German coast in WWII. That night, 10 Whitleys from Nos 51 and 58 Squadrons dropped leaflets over Hamburg, Bremen and The Ruhr. Both operations were completed without loss. But anti-shipping operations on the following day told a very different tale. 29 Blenheims and Wellingtons attempted to bomb German warships in Wilhelmshaven and Brunsbüttel. 5 Blenheims and 2 Wellingtons were lost and little damage was done to those vessels attacked. No 107 Squadron lost 4 out of 5 aircraft dispatched. Much of the remainder of the month was spent on leaflet raids ('Nickelling') and reconnaissance flights but on the 29th another attempt was made to attack the German Fleet in Heligoland Bight. This time, 11 Hampdens were sent in broad daylight and the second formation of 5 aircraft, all from No 144 Squadron, failed to return.1


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fredvogels Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:02:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/handley-page-hereford-/27851-RAF10113.html
The 185 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1939-10-28 at an unknown time. Loc or duty Training https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/handley-page-hereford-/27967-RAF10229.html On Saturday 28 October 1939, a member of the 185 Sqdn, Flight Lieutenant G V Avis, 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 Handley Page Hereford (type I, serial L6007, code -).

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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fredvogels Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:02:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/handley-page-hereford-/27967-RAF10229.html