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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
04-Oct-43 |
P.7102 |
S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC |
Armed Recco |
11:40 |
12:12 |
Abortive armed recco for two Hun destroyers reported lurking in
Lenardrieux Estuary |
07-Oct-43 |
P.7102 |
S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC |
Night Recco |
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Found thick haze to 1000 feet N. of CHERBOURG and abandoned
recces. |
08-Oct-43 |
P.7102 |
S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC |
Night Recco |
19:00 |
20:25 |
S/Ldr BAKER bombed an E. Boat Cat 4 off VARRIVILLE but was
prevented by S/Ls from investigating further. |
08-Oct-43 |
P.7102 |
S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC |
Night Shipping Recco |
22:20 |
23:35 |
S/Ldr Baker found P/O Heaton's ship off Cap de la Hague and
bombed it from mast height without seeing more than indistinct explosions.
Remaining aircraft RTB. |
14-Oct-43 |
P.7102 |
S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC |
Night Recco |
19:45 |
21:27 |
Night searches (Without bombs) for the Munsterland. Warmwell –
Sept Iles – Iles de Batz – Predannack. |
18-Oct-43 |
P.7102 |
S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC |
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. |
23-Oct-43 |
P.7102 |
S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC |
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. |
23-Oct-43 |
P.7102 |
S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC |
10 Group Roadstead 77 |
15:00 |
16:10 |
Attack on Munsterland in Cherbourg Harbour |
28-Oct-43 |
P.7102 |
S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC |
Ramrod Operation |
14:30 |
15:25 |
These eight a/c dive-bombed the Munsterland in No 5 dry dock
Cherbourg |
30-Oct-43 |
P.7102 |
S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC |
Ramrod 99 |
15:00 |
16:00 |
The seven Whirlwinds which were serviceable took off to divebomb
the Munsterland |
05-Nov-43 |
P.7102 |
S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC |
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 |
06-Nov-43 |
P.7102 |
F/Sgt F.A. Green |
Night Shipping Recco |
20:15 |
21:45 |
Uneventful recco to Channel Islands. |
10-Nov-43 |
P.7102 |
S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC |
Night shipping strike |
10:32 |
00:07 |
S/Ldr Baker attacked small trawler 50-75 tons SSE of Hurn |
24-Nov-43 |
P.7102 |
S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC |
Armed shipping recco |
14:59 |
16:06 |
Turned back owing to bad weather S.W. of Plienmount Point. |
25-Nov-43 |
P.7102 |
S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC |
Armed shipping recco |
08:30 |
09:58 |
Recco 10 miles N of St Malo. Nothing seen. |
25-Nov-43 |
P.7102 |
S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC |
Ramrod 106 pt 1 |
12:00 |
12:32 |
10/10 Cloud with tops 6-7,000 over Cherbourg, so sorties turned
back |
25-Nov-43 |
P.7102 |
S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC |
Ramrod 106 pt 2 |
15:57 |
16:45 |
8 Whirlibombers dive-bombed SS Munsterland again |
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