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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
04-Aug-43 |
P.7098 |
W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt |
Armed Shipping Recco |
11:38 |
13:05 |
Long shipping recco W. of Ushant and as far as Cap Chevre, 10
miles south of Brest. This time, however, no ships were found |
11-Aug-43 |
P.7098 |
W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt |
10 Group Roadstead 74 |
14:34 |
16:05 |
7 E. Boats reported in the estuary of Aber Vrach. Battle of Aber Vrach |
15-Aug-43 |
P.7098 |
Sgt F.A. Green |
10 Group Circus |
15:00 |
16:20 |
This operation to dive-bomb Guipavas aerodrome. S/Ldr Baker
returned with exactor trouble. F/Lt McClure found 10/10 cloud and operation
abandoned |
17-Aug-43 |
P.7098 |
W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt |
10 Group Ramrod |
08:50 |
10:00 |
It was intended to divebomb Brest Guipavas. Aborted in 10/10
cloud |
17-Aug-43 |
P.7098 |
F/Sgt G.H. Smith |
Night Recco |
23:10 |
00:15 |
The pilots found nothing remarkable other than more mysterious
flares N. of BARFLEUR |
23-Aug-43 |
P.7098 |
F/Sgt J.I. Simpson |
Convoy |
09:10 |
10:40 |
Escort of convoy Swanage to Needles |
25-Aug-43 |
P.7098 |
W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt |
Convoy |
08:40 |
10:15 |
Escort of convoy Swanage to Portland |
31-Aug-43 |
P.7098 |
F/O E.J. Holman |
Convoy |
08:10 |
09:40 |
Convoy, West of Portland. |
16-Sep-43 |
P.7098 |
F/Sgt J.I. Simpson |
Night Armed Ship
Recco |
22:15 |
23:15 |
These pilots took off in pairs to recco the Cap de la Hague –
Isigny and Channel Islands shipping lanes. |
18-Sep-43 |
P.7098 |
F/Sgt J.I. Simpson |
Night Ranger
Operation |
01:26 |
03:20 |
Chatanooga Choo-Choo. Bombed line W. of Plouaret |
24-Sep-43 |
P.7098 |
W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt |
Scramble |
11:35 |
12:05 |
Vectored towards I.O.W and recalled |
25-Sep-43 |
P.7098 |
W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt |
Ramrod Operation |
16:25 |
17:50 |
This intended d/b of LANNION a/d was conducted from Predannack.
10/10 cloud prevented bombing |
04-Oct-43 |
P.7098 |
F/Lt J.E. McClure DFC |
Armed Recco |
11:40 |
12:12 |
Abortive armed recco for two Hun destroyers reported lurking in
Lenardrieux Estuary |
21-Oct-43 |
P.7098 |
P/O D.F.J. Tebbitt |
Rhubarb |
17:20 |
18:30 |
Insufficient cloud cover off Barfleur |
22-Oct-43 |
P.7098 |
P/O D.F.J. Tebbitt |
Rhubarb |
16:03 |
17:15 |
They bombed the large railway bridge over the R. VIRE S. of
Isigny |
23-Oct-43 |
P.7098 |
F/O E.J. Holman |
Ship Recco |
08:00 |
09:00 |
The Munsterland was not found between Casquets and Barfleur. It
is though that this will be found to be the last time in the history of the
world in which twelve Whirlwinds were airborne together. |
05-Nov-43 |
P.7098 |
F/Sgt R.C. Beaumont |
Ramrod 100 |
15:15 |
15:45 |
7 Whirlibombers took off to dive bomb M/V Munsterland lying in
No 5 dry dock Cherbourg. They met 10/10 cloud and RTB |
07-Nov-43 |
P.7098 |
F/Lt D.G. Ross |
Air Sea Reescue
Search |
14:34 |
15:56 |
7 Whirlwinds went on A/S/R Search for F/O Coombe of 257
Squadron. |
09-Nov-43 |
P.7098 |
F/Sgt I.D.M. Dunlop |
Night Shipping Recco |
19:00 |
20:30 |
Dunlop had to abandon recco over base owing to exactor trouble. |
09-Nov-43 |
P.7098 |
F/O R.B. Tuff |
Night Shipping Recco |
20:03 |
21:35 |
Cap de la Hague – Marcouf recco abandoned owing to lack of
moonlight as a result of 10/10 cloud at 2500 feet |
10-Nov-43 |
P.7098 |
F/Lt D.G. Ross |
Roadstead 78 |
10:35 |
11:45 |
Attacked ships moving South 2 to 3 miles off N.W. Coast of
Guernsey. |
25-Nov-43 |
P.7098 |
P/O D.F.J. Tebbitt |
Ramrod 106 pt 1 |
12:00 |
12:32 |
10/10 Cloud with tops 6-7,000 over Cherbourg, so sorties turned
back |
25-Nov-43 |
P.7098 |
P/O D.F.J. Tebbitt |
Ramrod 106 pt 2 |
15:57 |
16:45 |
8 Whirlibombers dive-bombed SS Munsterland again |
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