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Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
17-Oct-42 P.7094 Sgt M.T. Cotton Convoy Patrol 12:05 13:20 Convoy escorted without incident from Needles to Portland.
31-Oct-42 P.7094 F/O P. Harvey Rhubarb Operation 10:40 12:00 Sections were led by F/O Harvey to attack the railway triangle N.W. of the La Haye du Puits.
08-Nov-42 P.7094 F/Lt H.J Blackshaw Convoy 14:30 15:55 Large convoy escorted without incident from Isle of Wight towards Portland.
10-Nov-42 P.7094 F/Lt H.J Blackshaw Convoy 13:00 14:25 Convoy of Floating Dock from Needles, Westward.
10-Nov-42 P.7094 Sgt J.M. Barclay Convoy 15:05 16:40 Convoy of Floating Dock from Needles, Westward.
16-Nov-42 P.7094 F/O E. Brearley Rhubarb 16:05 17:30 Rhubarb operation against the Valognes – Carentan railway.
18-Nov-42 P.7094 F/O P. Harvey Convoy 12:15 13:50 This convoy of 16-18 ships was escorted without incident from Needles area to Portland.
19-Nov-42 P.7094 F/O J.P. Coyne Roadstead 40 Whirlwinds Antiflak 11:20 12:15 This was the first all-Whirlwind Roadstead Operation. 4 “B” Flight Whirli-bombers were escorted by 4 “A” Flight Whirlwinds antiflak. No incident.
23-Nov-42 P.7094 Sgt M.T. Cotton Convoy 09:40 10:45 Convoy escorted Eastwards from Portland.
20-Nov-42 P.7094 F/Lt H.J Blackshaw Roadstead Operation Whirlibombers 08:45 09:50 This was the first all-Whirlwind Roadstead Operation. 4 “A” Flight Whirli-bombers were escorted by 4 “B” Flight Whirlwinds antiflak. No incident.
30-Nov-42 P.7094 Sgt D.J. Williams Diversion from Practice 14:30 15:30 This section airborne North of base on cine camera gun dogfighting was diverted to chase a bandit. They were recalled from 20 miles South of Swanage.
03-Dec-42 P.7094 P/O Samant Convoy 08:40 09:55 Convoy approaching Solent from Needles. 
07-Dec-42 P.7094 F/O P. Harvey 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.
14-Dec-42 P.7094 F/Sgt K.C. Ridley Scramble (Recalled) 16:40 17:00  
15-Jan-43 P.7094 F/Lt H.J Blackshaw Air Sea Rescue 12:20 13:10 F/Lt Blackshaw and Sgt MacAulay actually sighted the missing pilot in his dinghy about 20 miles South of Portland. Owing to the failure of R/T communication, which is normal and well known in this area, this pilot was not picked up. 
15-Jan-43 P.7094 F/Lt H.J Blackshaw Air Sea Rescue 12:20 13:10 F/Lt Blackshaw and Sgt MacAulay actually sighted the missing pilot in his dinghy about 20 miles South of Portland. Owing to the failure of R/T communication, which is normal and well known in this area, this pilot was not picked up. 
15-Jan-43 P.7094 F/Lt H.J Blackshaw Night Recco 22:15 23:35 First 263 Night Operations. These extensive shipping reccos of the Channel Island area were uneventful.
07-Feb-43 P.7094 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Army Co-Op 15:40 16:35 Equipment containers dropped on Netheravon aerodrome at 1600 hours. F/O E. Brearley's containers hung up.
12-Feb-43 P.7094 F/O P. Harvey Rhubarb 08:30 10:00 Attack on La Haye du Puits. 2 trains attacked with cannon and a siding at Port Bail bombed. Sgt. D. Williams hit by flak from train and ditched 4 miles off Cap de Carteret. Last seen organising dinghy.
16-Feb-43 P.7094 F/Lt H.J Blackshaw Night Off. Ops 20:05 21:40 F/Lt Blackshaw, DFC, bombed a bridge S.E. of Carentan.
16-Feb-43 P.7094 F/Lt H.J Blackshaw Night Off. Ops 22:45 23:45 Returned to above locality but too dark for accurate observations
18-Feb-43 P.7094 F/Sgt K.C. Ridley Rhubarb 08:25 09:35 Bombed railway junction at La Haye du Puits Triangle.
18-Feb-43 P.7094 F/O C.P. King DFM Rhubarb 11:25 12:50 Lock gates at Ouistreham bombed.
19-Feb-43 P.7094 F/O P. Harvey Army Co-Op Exercise "Longford" 15:20 16:15 Army transports attacked North of Wroughton aerodrome on Wroughton-Swindon Road.
26-Feb-43 P.7094 F/Lt H.J Blackshaw 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.7094 F/Lt H.J Blackshaw 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.7094 F/Lt H.J Blackshaw 10 Group Circus 17 14:40 15:40 Attack on Maupertus. The veteran dive-bombers of “A” Flight went in for the third time. 
14-Mar-43 P.7094 F/O P. Harvey 10 Group Circus 18 16:15 17:15 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.7094 F/Lt H.J Blackshaw 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.
23-Mar-43 P.7094 F/Lt H.J Blackshaw 10 Group Night Rhubarb No. 25 (Ponthou Viaduct) 01:00 02:15  
09-Apr-43 P.7094 F/O J.P. Coyne 10 Group Roadstead 55 12:50 14:30 Swept the Sept Iles – Ile de Batz area for shipping reported there, as often, ship-like rocks were found.
13-Apr-43 P.7094 Sgt J. MacAulay 10 Group Circus 22  17:30 19:00 Brest/Guipavas aerodrome was successfully divebombed with 20 x 250lb bombs.
14-Apr-43 P.7094 Sgt S.P.D. Thyagarajan 10 Group Roadstead 57 15:30 17:05 Shipping was reported in the Lannil Is estuaries. By chance, landfall was made too far south and F/O Harvey inadvertently led into the area off Raie de Brest and thereby found three ships.
15-Apr-43 P.7094 F/O C.P. King DFM 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.7094 F/Lt H.J Blackshaw Bomb Mondeville Industries (Night) 22:49 00:25 Finding a (heavily) armed trawler N of Ouistreham, he bombed it but thinks that in evading flak, he missed.
17-Apr-43 P.7094 F/Lt H.J Blackshaw Night Armed Shipping Reccos and Rhubarbs 22:59 23:47 Intending to bomb Granville – Folligny he returned from the Casquets with exactor trouble.
18-Apr-43 P.7094 F/Lt H.J Blackshaw Night Recco 22:45 23:50 Night Recco of Channel Islands Barfleur area
21-Apr-43 P.7094 F/Lt H.J Blackshaw 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.
14-May-43 P.7094 F/Lt H.J Blackshaw 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.7094 F/Lt H.J Blackshaw Night Roadstead 2 01:05 02:35 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. F/Lt Blackshaw KiA