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Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
21-Mar-41 P.6998 Sgt D.W. Mason Interception Patrol 12:30 13:30 Sgt Mason was on patrol over base.
23-Mar-41 P.6998 F/O B. Howe Interception Patrol 17:55 18:40 The section was detailed to investigate a raid which passed between Land's End and the Scillies.
29-Mar-41 P.6998 Sgt D.W. Mason Interception Patrol 17:40 19:00 The section was detailed to a raid off the Lizard. This proved to be a coastal Blenheim.
30-Mar-41 P.6998 Sgt D.W. Mason Convoy Patrol 07:05 08:15 A patrol was maintained over Convoy “Review” off Hartland Point.
30-Mar-41 P.6998 Sgt D.W. Mason Interception Patrol 09:10 10:05 The section was detailed to a raid approaching Fowey from the S. E.
01-Apr-41 P.6998 S/Ldr A.H. Donaldson Interception Patrol 18:35 19:15 A Do.215 was intercepted North of the Lizard. S/Ldr Donaldson attacked and damaged it. F/LT Crooks crashed in flames near Helston and was killed. It appears that he was shot down by the Dornier, but S/Ldr Donaldson did not see him after giving the “tally ho”.
02-Apr-41 P.6998 P/O R.F. Ferdinand Interception Patrol 07:50 08:20 The section was on patrol in connection with Raid 140, later identified as a P.R.U. machine.
02-Apr-41 P.6998 P/O R.F. Ferdinand Interception Patrol 09:00 10:20 The section was detailed to intercept Raid 143, which however, faded south of the Lizard.
29-Jul-41 P.6998 F/Lt T.P. Pugh Convoy Patrol 10:15 11:00 Convoy Patrol in the Bristol Channel.
07-Aug-41 P.6998 Sgt T. Hunter Interception Patrol 16:30 17:30 The section was on patrol, but saw nothing.
19-Aug-41 P.6998 Sgt T. Hunter Convoy Patrol 09:30 10:50 Convoy Patrol in the Bristol Channel.
20-Aug-41 P.6998 Sgt T. Hunter Convoy Patrol 05:20 05:45 Convoy Patrol in the Bristol Channel.
26-Aug-41 P.6998 P/O C.P. Rudland Offensive Action 11:30 12:35 Low level attack on Maupertus aerodrome.
29-Sep-41 P.6998 F/O H.St J. Coghlan Mandolin Operation No.7 18:33 20:20 Attack JU.88s on Lannion aerodrome.
23-Oct-43 P.6998 F/Sgt W.E. Watkins 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.