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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
15-Jan-41 |
P.6987 |
P/O P.G.
Thornton-Brown |
Interception Patrol |
10:20 |
11:15 |
An interception order was given by no enemy was sighted |
16-Jan-41 |
P.6987 |
P/O D. Stein |
Interception Patrol |
11:40 |
12:00 |
The two aircraft were on patrol. |
17-Jan-41 |
P.6987 |
P/O P.G.
Thornton-Brown |
Interception Patrol |
14:45 |
15:30 |
Our aircraft attempted to intercept a raider South of Manacle
Point but without success. |
17-Feb-41 |
P.6987 |
Sgt C.P. Rudland |
Interception Patrol |
16:15 |
17:35 |
The section was on patrol in vicinity of Start Pt. |
11-Mar-41 |
P.6987 |
F/Lt D.A.C. Crooks |
Interception Patrol |
14:30 |
14:40 |
F/Lt Crooks patrolled Lizard Point. |
14-Mar-41 |
P.6987 |
Sgt W.D. Waddington |
Convoy Patrol |
17:26 |
18:33 |
Convoy patrol off Falmouth. |
11-Jun-41 |
P.6987 |
Sgt D.St J. Jowitt |
Interception Patrol |
18:55 |
19:55 |
“A” Flight was put on patrol and after numerous “Vectors” was
informed that there was an enemy aircraft ahead of them, with a fighter on
its tail. Almost immediately afterwards a twin engine aircraft was sighted
with Defiant on its tail, the flight gave chase P/O. Stein was just about to
open fire when he recognised the machine as a Blenheim. He broke away, but
Sgt King gave it a 2 seconds burst, happily not hitting it. |
12-Jun-41 |
P.6987 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
10:00 |
11:25 |
Convoy Patrol |
12-Jun-41 |
P.6987 |
Sgt J.J. Walker |
Convoy Patrol |
12:20 |
13:25 |
Convoy Patrol |
13-Jun-41 |
P.6987 |
Sgt D.F.J. Tebbitt |
Convoy Patrol |
08:55 |
10:15 |
Convoy Patrol |
13-Jun-41 |
P.6987 |
Sgt D.F.J. Tebbitt |
Convoy Patrol |
11:30 |
12:50 |
Convoy Patrol |
17-Jun-41 |
P.6987 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
09:10 |
09:45 |
Convoy Patrol |
19-Jun-41 |
P.6987 |
Sgt C.P. King |
Convoy Patrol |
17:45 |
19:10 |
Convoy patrol |
19-Jun-41 |
P.6987 |
Sgt C.P. King |
Convoy Patrol |
19:45 |
21:10 |
Convoy Patrol |
04-Jul-41 |
P.6987 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Interception Patrol |
15:00 |
15:35 |
The section was put on patrol from Portreath, There was an enemy
aircraft in the vicinity, and the section was sent 20 miles South of the
Lizard, but saw nothing. |
04-Jul-41 |
P.6987 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
17:30 |
19:10 |
Convoy Patrol off the Cornish coast. |
29-Sep-41 |
P.6987 |
Sgt J. Maddocks |
Mandolin Operation
No.7 |
18:33 |
20:05 |
Attack JU.88s on Lannion aerodrome. |
02-Nov-41 |
P.6987 |
Sgt D.E. Prior |
Scramble |
11:40 |
12:10 |
No incident |
08-Nov-41 |
P.6987 |
Sgt D.E. Prior |
10 Group Rodeo 5 |
13:45 |
14:55 |
Sweep of Channel Islands area |
15-Jun-42 |
P.6987 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Scramble |
17:55 |
18:50 |
No incident |
19-Jun-42 |
P.6987 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Scramble |
19:20 |
20:30 |
Enemy aircraft out of range off Irish South coast. |
22-Jun-42 |
P.6987 |
P/O C.P. Van Zeller |
Scramble |
10:40 |
11:15 |
No incident. |
21-Sep-42 |
P.6987 |
P/O Lovell |
Scramble |
11:20 |
11:30 |
Section recalled to base |
08-Nov-42 |
P.6987 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
Convoy |
10:20 |
11:40 |
Convoy of important Floating Dock from Needles area towards
Portland |
10-Nov-42 |
P.6987 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy |
15:00 |
16:35 |
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19-Nov-42 |
P.6987 |
W/O D.B. McPhail |
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.6987 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
Roadstead Operation |
08:45 |
09:50 |
F/Lt Warnes led the 4 Whirlibombers on this second all-263
Roadstead Operation. No incident |
20-Nov-42 |
P.6987 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
Convoy |
15:20 |
15:45 |
Finding cloud at 100 feet the section returned to base. |
26-Nov-42 |
P.6987 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
Rhubarb |
16:05 |
17:05 |
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07-Dec-42 |
P.6987 |
W/O D.B. McPhail |
10 Group Roadstead 45 |
13:10 |
missing |
West of Guernsey, Enemy convoy was sighted lying off Baie de St.
Brelade, South West of Jersey. W/O McPhail KiA |
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