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The 99 Sqdn left from Newmarket Heath at 1940-02-24 at 17:13. Loc or duty Nickel

The 99 Sqdn left from Newmarket Heath at 1940-02-24 at 17:13. Loc or duty Nickel
On Saturday 24 February 1940, a member of the 99 Sqdn, Aircraftman 2nd Class C G Ashman, took off from Newmarket Heath 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 17:13.

He flew with a Vickers Wellington (type Ia, serial N3004, code LN-I).

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.


With thanks to the RAF and USAAF.net!

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