Back to Normandy - Recently Added Listings - Vickers Wellesley https://www.backtonormandy.org/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 03:21:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 The 7 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1939-09-06 at an unknown time. Loc or duty ? https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/vickers-wellesley/27794-RAF10056.html On Wednesday 06 September 1939, a member of the 7 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 Vickers Wellesley (type I, serial K7748, code NM-H).

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://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/vickers-wellesley/27794-RAF10056.html
The 76 Sqdn left from an unknown RAF station at 1939-11-11 at an unknown time. Loc or duty ? https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/vickers-wellesley/28019-RAF10281.html On Saturday 11 November 1939, a member of the 76 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 Vickers Wellesley (type I, serial K7741, code -).

Campaign report of the USAAF:


No report

Campaign report of the RAF:


November

There was little change in Bomber Command's routine with very few bombing raids being carried out.


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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.

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fredvogels Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:02:00 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/vickers-wellesley/28019-RAF10281.html