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The 44 Sqdn left from Waddington at 1940-02-27 at 18:25. Loc or duty Patrol

The 44 Sqdn left from Waddington at 1940-02-27 at 18:25. Loc or duty Patrol
On Tuesday 27 February 1940, a member of the 44 Sqdn, Aircraftman 1st Class H E Preston, took off from Waddington in the United Kingdom. His mission is mentioned elsewhere on WW2 History Europe. 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 18:25.

He flew with a Handley Page Hampden (type I, serial L4153, code KM-).

Campaign report of the USAAF:


No report

Campaign report of the RAF:


February

A particularly severe period of winter weather meant that no night operations were flown for a month and even daylight missions for two weeks at the start of February were cancelled.


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