Back to Normandy - Recently Added Listings - Handley Page HP42 https://backtonormandy.org/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 15:26:02 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 The 271 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1940-08-01 at an unknown time. Loc or duty ? https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/handley-page-hp42/30248-RAF12510.html On Thursday 01 August 1940, a member of the 271 Sqdn, an unknown crew member, 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 HP42 (type -, serial AS983, code G-AARF).

Campaign report of the USAAF:


No report

Campaign report of the RAF:


August

A change of duties for the Blenheims saw a number (normally 6 aircraft) employed on anti-shipping patrols on most days of the month. They rarely saw anything worthy of further action. Having suffered terribly at the hands of German fighters earlier in the year (see 17 May 1940), No 82 Squadron was almost wiped in a single operation on 13 August. Twelve aircraft from No 82 were sent to attack Hamstede airfield in Holland. Only one aircraft returned, the rest having been caught by fighters over the airfield during their bombing runs. It wasn't just the fighters that the bomber crews had to contend with. Poor weather (or even a lack of cloud cover) forced many crews to abort their missions, and on many occasions only one or two aircraft from an original force of twenty or thirty would complete their tasks. Bomber Command planning staff were still sending small numbers of medium bombers (60-80) to multiple targets during night operations. For example, the night of 10th/11th August saw 57 aircraft involved in raids on 9 targets. These had very little effect on the population of the cities (Hamburg, Wilhelmshafen and Münster were frequent targets) indeed, the three and a half months covered by the Battle of Britain saw 14 raids against Münster. Only on one night did more than 10 bombs fall. Bombing accuracy was still a major problem for those crews who managed to find their intended targets as there were no navigation aids to help them, and 'dead reckoning' (speed and heading corrected for forecast winds) frequently caused aircraft to miss their targets by many miles. The industrial centre of the Ruhr was often targeted as were many cities including, for the first time, those in the east and south of Germany. The month also saw the first Victoria Cross awarded to Bomber Command. It was to Flight Lieutenant RAB Learoyd of No 49 Squadron for his part in a successful attack on the Dortmund-Ems canal near Münster during 12th/13th August.


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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-hp42/30248-RAF12510.html
The 271 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1940-08-07 at an unknown time. Loc or duty ? https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/handley-page-hp42/30301-RAF12563.html On Wednesday 07 August 1940, a member of the 271 Sqdn, an unknown crew member, 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 HP42 (type -, serial AS981, code G-AAUC).

Campaign report of the USAAF:


No report

Campaign report of the RAF:


August

A change of duties for the Blenheims saw a number (normally 6 aircraft) employed on anti-shipping patrols on most days of the month. They rarely saw anything worthy of further action. Having suffered terribly at the hands of German fighters earlier in the year (see 17 May 1940), No 82 Squadron was almost wiped in a single operation on 13 August. Twelve aircraft from No 82 were sent to attack Hamstede airfield in Holland. Only one aircraft returned, the rest having been caught by fighters over the airfield during their bombing runs. It wasn't just the fighters that the bomber crews had to contend with. Poor weather (or even a lack of cloud cover) forced many crews to abort their missions, and on many occasions only one or two aircraft from an original force of twenty or thirty would complete their tasks. Bomber Command planning staff were still sending small numbers of medium bombers (60-80) to multiple targets during night operations. For example, the night of 10th/11th August saw 57 aircraft involved in raids on 9 targets. These had very little effect on the population of the cities (Hamburg, Wilhelmshafen and Münster were frequent targets) indeed, the three and a half months covered by the Battle of Britain saw 14 raids against Münster. Only on one night did more than 10 bombs fall. Bombing accuracy was still a major problem for those crews who managed to find their intended targets as there were no navigation aids to help them, and 'dead reckoning' (speed and heading corrected for forecast winds) frequently caused aircraft to miss their targets by many miles. The industrial centre of the Ruhr was often targeted as were many cities including, for the first time, those in the east and south of Germany. The month also saw the first Victoria Cross awarded to Bomber Command. It was to Flight Lieutenant RAB Learoyd of No 49 Squadron for his part in a successful attack on the Dortmund-Ems canal near Münster during 12th/13th August.


With thanks to the RAF and USAAF.net!

This record can also be found on the maps of Back to Normandy with Google coordinates. You can find the maps by clicking on this link on this location.

There are several possibilities to investigate the flight records on Back to Normandy. All the flights are plotted on maps, sorted "day by day", "by squadron", "by type aircraft", "by year or month", "by location" and much more! Don't miss this!!!

If you have any information that you want to share, please add your comment at the bottom of this record. Or send your information to info@backtonormandy.org. This information will be added to the record.

Your photos and your information are very welcome! The young do care and with your help we keep up the good work.

we do care

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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-hp42/30301-RAF12563.html
The 271 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1940-12-06 at an unknown time. Loc or duty ? https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/handley-page-hp42/31957-RAF14219.html On Friday 06 December 1940, a member of the 271 Sqdn, an unknown crew member, 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 HP42 (type -, serial A5982, code G-AAUE).

Campaign report of the USAAF:


No report

Campaign report of the RAF:


December

The night of 16/17 December will be remembered as the first area attack carried out by Bomber Command. The raid on Mannheim, code-named Operation Abigail Rachel, was authorised in retaliation for recent heavy bombing of English cities (particularly Coventry) and a force of 200 aircraft was prepared. In the end, 134 aircraft were sent - still the largest number to a single target. The attack was opened by 8 Wellingtons using incendiaries which, it was hoped, would start a fire and aid identification of the target. Figures vary, but no more than 102 aircraft actually bombed Mannheim, and the majority of bombs fell away from the city centre as the fire-raising Wellingtons had missed the centre of the city. The casualties for the night totalled 34 dead with 81 injured.


With thanks to the RAF and USAAF.net!

This record can also be found on the maps of Back to Normandy with Google coordinates. You can find the maps by clicking on this link on this location.

There are several possibilities to investigate the flight records on Back to Normandy. All the flights are plotted on maps, sorted "day by day", "by squadron", "by type aircraft", "by year or month", "by location" and much more! Don't miss this!!!

If you have any information that you want to share, please add your comment at the bottom of this record. Or send your information to info@backtonormandy.org. This information will be added to the record.

Your photos and your information are very welcome! The young do care and with your help we keep up the good work.

we do care

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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-hp42/31957-RAF14219.html