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Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
19-Jun-41 P.7046 Sgt A.V. Albertini Convoy Patrol 09:00 09:10 Convoy patrols recalled on account of bad weather.
23-Jun-41 P.7046 Sgt Garthwaite Convoy Patrol 07:55 09:25 Convoy Patrol
04-Jul-41 P.7046 P/O D.W. Mason Convoy Patrol 15:30 16:55 Convoy Patrol off the Cornish coast.
12-Jul-41 P.7046 Sgt J.W.E. Holmes Interception Patrol 18:25   Raid 96, an unidentified enemy aircraft, was plotted South of Cardiff, Blue section was put on patrol over a Convoy in the Barry Roads, while Green Section was ordered to intercept. Visibility was bad with thick layers of cloud up to 25,000 ft. The E/A dropped bombed near Cheltenham, but although green section was said to have been within 8 miles dead behind it, they saw nothing.
14-Jul-41 P.7046 Sgt F.O. Dimblebee Convoy Patrol 06:00 06:35 Convoy Patrol from Exeter.
30-Jul-41 P.7046 Sgt T. Hunter Convoy Patrol 09:30 11:05 Convoy Patrol in the Bristol Channel.
20-Aug-41 P.7046 Sgt F.O. Dimblebee Convoy Patrol 07:30 08:05 Convoy Patrol in the Bristol Channel.
17-Aug-43 P.7046 Sgt L.S. Gray 10 Group Ramrod 08:50 10:00 It was intended to divebomb Brest Guipavas. Aborted in 10/10 cloud 
16-Sep-43 P.7046 F/O E.J. Holman Night Armed Ship Recco 23:50 01:10 These pilots took off in pairs to recco the Cap de la Hague – Isigny and Channel Islands shipping lanes.
24-Sep-43 P.7046 F/Sgt H.M. Proctor Scramble 16:40 18:00 Various vectors at 10,000 feet S. of base.
04-Oct-43 P.7046 F/Sgt L.S. Gray Armed Recco 11:40 12:12 Abortive armed recco for two Hun destroyers reported lurking in Lenardrieux Estuary
07-Oct-43 P.7046 P/O D.F.J. Tebbitt Recco 11:40 12:50 Escorted by Ibsley Wing, uneventful, recco Channel Island area
18-Oct-43 P.7046 F/Sgt D.C. Todd 263 Special Night Ops - Chuffa Prang 02:22 03:30 Designed to disorganise railway communications in and near Cherbourg Peninsula and thereafter to take advantage of the tactical situation. It was a great success.
19-Oct-43 P.7046 F/Sgt R.C. Beaumont Rhubarb 14:20 15:45 Repeatedly bombed and cannoned a goods train N of Airel.
23-Oct-43 P.7046 F/O L.A. Unwin 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.
28-Oct-43 P.7046 F/Sgt R.C. Beaumont Ramrod Operation 14:30 15:25 These eight a/c dive-bombed the Munsterland in No 5 dry dock Cherbourg
05-Nov-43 P.7046 F/O E.J. Holman 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.7046 F/Sgt H.M. Proctor Air Sea Reescue Search 14:34 15:56 7 Whirlwinds went on A/S/R Search for F/O Coombe of 257 Squadron. 
10-Nov-43 P.7046 F/Sgt H.M. Proctor Roadstead 78 10:35 11:45 Attacked ships moving South 2 to 3 miles off N.W. Coast of Guernsey.
26-Nov-43 P.7046 F/O D.E.G. Mogg Ramrod 109 15:40 16:50 Attack on a secret target SW of Cherbourg.
29-Nov-43 P.7046 F/Lt F.D. Snalam “Hanwich” Operation 10:04 10:54 This operation was planned to intercept mine-sweepers or mine-destroying JU52's thought likely to be operating off Cherbourg.