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Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
13-May-41 P.7113 P/O C.P. Rudland Convoy Patrol 17:55 19:25 Convoy Patrol
19-Nov-42 P.7113 F/Lt G.B. Warnes 10 Group Roadstead 40 11:20 12:15 F/Lt Warnes led the 4 Whirlibombers on this first all-263 Roadstead Operation. No incident
20-Nov-42 P.7113 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Roadstead Operation 08:45 09:50 F/Lt Warnes led the 4 Whirlibombers on this second all-263 Roadstead Operation. No incident
26-Nov-42 P.7113 P/O B.C. Abrams Rhubarb 16:05 17:05  
29-Nov-42 P.7113 P/O B.C. Abrams Scramble 16:50 17:40 The section was vectored very fast after a JU. 88 and, according to Ops, were “right on top of it” at 10,000 feet about 16 miles North of Cherbourg. The bandit was, however, concealed in 10/10 cloud.
07-Dec-42 P.7113 F/O S.J. Lovell 10 Group Roadstead 45 13:10 14:40 West of Guernsey, Enemy convoy was sighted lying off Baie de St. Brelade, South West of Jersey.
15-Jan-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Night Recco 22:20 23:38 First 263 Night Operations. These extensive shipping reccos of the Channel Island area were uneventful.
15-Feb-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Night Off. Ops 20:30 22:05 Railway line S.E. of Carentan bombed.
16-Feb-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Night Off. Ops 20:00 21:30 Train bombed N of Carentan – train stopped in clouds of steam.
16-Feb-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Night Off. Ops 22:55 00:25 Returned to above locality but too dark for accurate observations
26-Feb-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 10 Group Circus 16 16:00 17:00 Attack on Maupertus. Landfall made at Cherbourg. Hits were observed on aerodrome, dispersals and buildings.
27-Feb-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Diversion to 10 Group Ramrod 13:30 14:30 Attack on Maupertus. Landfall made at Pointe du Barfleur. Hits were again observed on aerodrome, dispersals and buildings.
28-Feb-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 10 Group Circus 17 14:40 15:40 Attack on Maupertus. This was their first dive-bombing attack. It was observed to have been successful.
14-Mar-43 P.7113 F/O C.P. King DFM 10 Group Circus 18 16:22 17:30 Attack on Maupertus. They dive-bombed 15000 – 8000 ft. and saw 8 bursts on centre of the airfield, on the S.W. perimeter and in the S.E. dispersal area. Moderate flak. 
19-Mar-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 10 Group Roadstead 52 18:10 19:10 The large convoy which had been reported South of Guernsey could not be located in thick black haze in the Channel Island area.
21-Mar-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 10 Group Night Rhubarb No. 23 (Morlaix Viaduct) 00:00 01:20 Held by S/Ls and accurate flak 2000-200ft. Bombs jettisoned
22-Mar-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 10 Group Night Rhubarb No. 24 00:01 01:20 Bombed from 300 ft. after dummy run. Accurate flak all calibres.
23-Mar-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 10 Group Night Rhubarb No. 25 (Ponthou Viaduct) 01:00 02:30 Bombed target after 2 dummy runs in thick haze.
04-Apr-43 P.7113 F/O E. Brearley Roadstead Operation 07:40 08:45 Swept the Alderney – Cap de la Hague area at zero feet, in quest for E Boats reported there, but none was found
06-Apr-43 P.7113 F/O E. Brearley 10 Group Circus 20 18:27 20:12 These Whirlibombers were intended to form a second bombing wave to the Typhoon bombers which had bombed Caen/Caupiquet aerodrome an hour before. However they found 9/10 cloud at Ouistreham at 8000 feet and the operation was abandoned.
15-Apr-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 10 Group Roadstead 58 12:10 13:20 Searched Guernsey – Jersey area at zero feet in good visibility. The ships which had been reported there seemed evarescent
16-Apr-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Bomb Mondeville Industries (Night) 22:33 00:01 Compass temporarily jammed u/s entailed a landfall at C. de la Hague. He therefore reccod for ships and trains, Isigny – Carentan.
17-Apr-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Night Armed Shipping Reccos and Rhubarbs 23:15 00:35 Finding no trains he bombed the Carentan Valogues line. He saw an intense barrage of flak at Airel at 2348.
18-Apr-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Escorted Armed Dusk Recco 20:20 21:25 Reccod the Channel Islands area at zero feet in good visibility, but found no shipping there.
19-Apr-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Night Roadstead 01:55 03:15 Shipping was reported between Jersey and Cap de la Hague.
21-Apr-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Night Roadstead 02:00 03:40 The Channel Islands convoy which F/O Coyne had attacked was sought for, but not found. It had probably berthed in Alderney.
27-Apr-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 10 Group Roadstead 59 16:35 17:50 Attack on convoy of 9 ships S. of Jersey.
28-Apr-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 10 Group Roadstead 62 14:22 15:45 This operation did not find the depleted convoy in its estimated position south of Jersey.
29-Apr-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 10 Group Roadstead 63 13:10   Attack on shipping near Isigny. Found to be fishing vessels
02-May-43 P.7113 Sgt S.P.D. Thyagarajan Roadstead 64 12:10 13:15 Roadstead to Channel Island area. Mistaken report of tanker at Casquets
03-May-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Armed Ship Recco 14:25 16:15 Swept Guernsey, Sept Iles, Ile de Batz, where W/Cdr Dolezal and 310 Squadron became involved in combats with 6 F.W.190s.
05-May-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Roadstead 17:15 19:00 Search for a minelayer reported steaming East from Brehat. Between Sept Iles and Ile de Batz. They found fishing vessels, probably misreported 
14-May-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Roadstead 67 21:00 21:45 Attack on two destroyers alongside the Quai Maritime alternatively a medium M/V in the Basin Napoleon in Cherbourg docks
15-May-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Night Roadstead 2 01:00 02:20 Attack on convoy off Barfleur. S/L Warnes and Sgt Simpson couldn't find it. F/Lt Holmes bombed one ship of it but did not see whether he hit it (Cat 4). F/Lt Blackshaw returned to orbit Exeter, Harrowbeer and Exeter again, without lights or R/T and then crashed fatally near Exeter.
16-May-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Escorted Armed Recco     Escorted armed recco recalled because of a failure of R/T reception
18-May-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Roadstead 18:50 20:20 No minesweepers were found in their suspected position between Jersey and Brehat.
19-May-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Roadstead     Repetition of previous days uneventful search for minesweepers Channel Islands – Brehat
22-May-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Night Roadstead 2 00:25 01:50 Attack on convoy steaming from Cap de la Hague towards Cherbourg.
29-May-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Roadstead 71 14:10 15:15 The 15 Ship Convoy reported off Barfleur was found without much enthusiasm to be the French Fishing Fleet.
29-May-43 P.7113 F/O A.H. Lee-White Scramble 18:10 19:40 These sections patrolled base at 5,000ft
30-May-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Ship Recco 18:35 19:50 Recco of Jersey area
13-Jul-43 P.7113 S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC Shipping Recco 16:00 17:15 The area searched comprised the Channel Island area and as far as the Ile Brehat.
18-Jul-43 P.7113 S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC Shipping Recco 18:57 20:15 Armed escorted shipping recco of Channel Islands area
20-Jul-43 P.7113 S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC Shipping Recco 10:55 12:10 Armed escorted shipping recco of Channel Islands area
11-Aug-43 P.7113 S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC 10 Group Roadstead 74 14:34 16:05 7 E. Boats reported in the estuary of Aber Vrach.  Battle of Aber Vrach
14-Aug-43 P.7113 S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC Night Recco 22:55 00:05 S/Ldr BAKER found an E. Boat running at high speed from Jersey towards St Peter Port. Also shot down He.111
17-Aug-43 P.7113 S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC 10 Group Ramrod 08:50 10:00 It was intended to divebomb Brest Guipavas. Aborted in 10/10 cloud 
17-Aug-43 P.7113 F/Sgt J.I. Simpson Night Recco 22:00 23:05 The pilots found nothing remarkable other than more mysterious flares N. of BARFLEUR
18-Aug-43 P.7113 S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC Night Recco 00:15 02:50 S/Ldr Baker DFC found armed trawler off Cotentin.
18-Sep-43 P.7113 S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC Night Ranger Operation 01:31 03:24 Chatanooga Choo-Choo. Briefed to bomb Ponthou Viaduct. Think they hit cuttings N and S
18-Sep-43 P.7113 S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC Night Shipping Recco 23:59 00:50 Lightning vied with flak in 10/10 cloud over Cap-de-la-Hague.
23-Sep-43 P.7113 F/Sgt G.A. Wood   11:30 missing This operation consisted in the d/b of MORLAIX a/d. F/Sgt Wood MiA (Later evaded)