history · 07 June 1940 · 84 years ago
The troop transports of British Group II arrived at Narvik, Norway and embarked 5,200 men overnight. Nearby, British pilots without proper carrier landing training safely land 10 Gladiator and 8 Hurricane aircraft aboard HMS Glorious, completing the evacuation of 46 and 263 Squadrons RAF from Norway. Out at sea, troop transports of Group I which had departed Narvik on the previous day were spotted by German aircraft, but they were mis-identified as empty supply ships heading back to Britain, thus spared from attack.
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