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Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
13-Jul-43 P.7111 Sgt H.M. Proctor Shipping Recco 16:00 17:15 The area searched comprised the Channel Island area and as far as the Ile Brehat.
20-Jul-43 P.7111 F/Lt J.P. Coyne DFC Shipping Recco 10:55 12:10 Armed escorted shipping recco of Channel Islands area
03-Aug-43 P.7111 Sgt R.C. Beaumont 10 Group Circus 19:57 21:15 These 8 Whirlibombers divebombed Brest Guipavas aerodrome
04-Aug-43 P.7111 P/O N.P. Blacklock Armed Shipping Recco 11:38 13:05 Long shipping recco W. of Ushant and as far as Cap Chevre, 10 miles south of Brest. This time, however, no ships were found
11-Aug-43 P.7111 Sgt H.M. Proctor 10 Group Roadstead 74 14:34 16:05 7 E. Boats reported in the estuary of Aber Vrach.  Battle of Aber Vrach
13-Aug-43 P.7111 Sgt J.B. Purkis Armed Shipping Recco 06:45 07:50 The Whirlibombers swept swept the familiar Channel Island shipping lanes without success
15-Aug-43 P.7111 S/Ldr E.R. Baker DFC 10 Group Circus 15:00 16:20 This operation to dive-bomb Guipavas aerodrome. S/Ldr Baker returned with exactor trouble. F/Lt McClure found 10/10 cloud and operation abandoned
23-Sep-43 P.7111 F/Sgt H.M. Proctor   11:30 12:50 This operation consisted in the d/b of MORLAIX a/d.
25-Sep-43 P.7111 F/Sgt H.M. Proctor Ramrod Operation 16:25 17:50 This intended d/b of LANNION a/d was conducted from Predannack. 10/10 cloud prevented bombing
04-Oct-43 P.7111 F/Sgt J.B. Purkis Armed Recco 11:40 12:12 Abortive armed recco for two Hun destroyers reported lurking in Lenardrieux Estuary
08-Oct-43 P.7111 F/Sgt H.M. Proctor 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.
13-Oct-43 P.7111 F/Sgt H.M. Proctor Ship Recco     Night searches (Without bombs) for the Munsterland. Warmwell – Sept Iles – Iles de Batz – Predannack.
17-Oct-43 P.7111 F/O E.J. Holman Night Recco 21:59 23:08 More searches Predannack – PORSPOIER – SEPT Iles – Predannack.
28-Oct-43 P.7111 F/Sgt J.B. Purkis Ramrod Operation 14:30 15:25 These eight a/c dive-bombed the Munsterland in No 5 dry dock Cherbourg
30-Oct-43 P.7111 F/Sgt H.M. Proctor Ramrod 99 15:00 16:00 The seven Whirlwinds which were serviceable took off to divebomb the Munsterland 
05-Nov-43 P.7111 F/Sgt D.C. Todd 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.7111 F/Sgt D.C. Todd Night Shipping Recco 18:15 19:35 Beaumont and Todd to Channel Islands and Cap de la Hague – Marcouf.
11-Nov-43 P.7111 F/Sgt H.M. Proctor Night shipping recco 20:30 22:05 Both sorties uneventful
25-Nov-43 P.7111 F/O R.B. Tuff 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.7111 P/O A. Barr Ramrod 106 pt 2 15:57 16:45 8 Whirlibombers dive-bombed SS Munsterland again
26-Nov-43 P.7111 F/O L.A. Unwin Ramrod 108 11:57 12:45 Whirlibombers dive-bombed SS Munsterland again