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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
|
07-Nov-41 |
P.7110 |
P/O G.B. Warnes |
Rhubarb
Reconnaissance |
13:30 |
14:50 |
Reconnaissance of distillery targets in or near the Cherbourg
Peninsula |
|
02-Nov-41 |
P.7110 |
F/Lt H.St J. Coghlan |
Attack on Whitchurch
Aerodrome |
08:00 |
08:25 |
Ten Whirlwinds co-operated in this large scale Home Guard
Tactical Exercise. In the first phase Whitchurch aerodrome and the three Avon
bridges on the South side of Bristol were beaten-up in low level attacks by
four sections of aircraft. In the second phase the Southern approaches of
Bristol were again attacked by three sections of aircraft. |
|
15-Dec-41 |
P.7110 |
P/O J.W.E. Holmes |
Scramble |
12:00 |
13:20 |
Ordered to patrol base at 10,000 feet, then vectored after bogey
at 21,000 ft as far as South Coast. Nothing seen. |
|
14-Feb-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt J.J. Walker |
Convoy Patrol |
14:10 |
15:35 |
No incident. |
|
15-Feb-42 |
P.7110 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Convoy |
08:20 |
09:10 |
No Incident. |
|
22-Feb-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Lt C.P. Rudland DFC |
Convoy |
14:00 |
15:25 |
No incident. |
|
19-Feb-42 |
P.7110 |
P/O J.W.E. Holmes |
Convoy |
14:55 |
15:25 |
P/O Holmes was flying at 100 feet near convoy 25 miles south of
St Gowan's Head. Without any warning from instruments, his starboard engine
exploded, caught fire and disintegrated |
|
15-Mar-42 |
P.7110 |
P/O J.W.E. Holmes |
Scramble |
13:20 |
14:00 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
15-Mar-42 |
P.7110 |
P/O J.W.E. Holmes |
Scramble |
17:50 |
19:00 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
16-Mar-42 |
P.7110 |
P/O J.W.E. Holmes |
Scramble |
09:15 |
09:50 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
19-Mar-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy Patrol |
14:30 |
16:00 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
22-Mar-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
10:30 |
12:10 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
22-Mar-42 |
P.7110 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
13:10 |
14:10 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
22-Mar-42 |
P.7110 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
15:15 |
16:50 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
24-Mar-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Patrol |
15:00 |
16:45 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
27-Mar-42 |
P.7110 |
P/O N.V. Crabtree |
Patrol |
14:35 |
15:55 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
27-Mar-42 |
P.7110 |
P/O N.V. Crabtree |
Patrol |
17:40 |
19:00 |
The Linney-Head, Smalls, Carnsors, Saltee area was thoroughly
swept. |
|
29-Mar-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Search for lost pilot |
17:15 |
18:25 |
A pilot of 402 Spitfire Squadron on convoy patrol pancaked in
the sea 12 miles south of Tenby. |
|
05-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy |
09:30 |
10:50 |
Patrol of Irish Sea |
|
05-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy |
10:35 |
11:50 |
Patrol of Steward |
|
05-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
P/O N.V. Crabtree |
Convoy |
12:45 |
13:45 |
Patrol of Steward |
|
10-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Patrol |
14:30 |
15:50 |
Patrol of Irish Sea to Saltees. Very wide echelon |
|
11-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
P/O J.J. Walker |
Scramble |
13:05 |
14:15 |
Three sections after raid 159. Although Blue section plots were
coincident for 5 minutes, e/a escaped unseen in cloud |
|
14-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
11:40 |
13:10 |
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15-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Patrol |
13:40 |
14:50 |
Saltee Patrol |
|
15-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy |
17:10 |
18:30 |
Saltee Patrol |
|
20-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
15:40 |
16:55 |
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21-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy |
17:00 |
18:20 |
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21-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy |
19:40 |
21:00 |
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22-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Scramble |
07:40 |
09:10 |
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22-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
10:35 |
11:35 |
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23-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
P/O N.V. Crabtree |
Convoy |
13:40 |
14:45 |
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25-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
P/O J.J. Walker |
Scramble |
10:25 |
11:15 |
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26-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt D.F. Small |
Convoy |
14:05 |
15:15 |
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26-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt D.F. Small |
Convoy |
17:30 |
18:55 |
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27-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt D.F. Small |
Convoy |
18:15 |
18:35 |
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29-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
P/O Lovell |
Convoy |
17:20 |
18:35 |
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29-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
20:30 |
21:50 |
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08-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt K.C. Ridley |
Convoy |
18:30 |
19:55 |
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27-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt D.F. Small |
Convoy |
18:15 |
18:35 |
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29-Apr-42 |
P.7110 |
P/O Lovell |
Convoy |
17:20 |
18:35 |
|
|
06-May-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Patrol Portreath
& Falmouth (Royal visit) |
08:00 |
20:20 |
Patrolled Cornwall for Royal visit |
|
|
14-May-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Scramble |
17:50 |
18:40 |
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|
15-May-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Scramble |
09:25 |
09:55 |
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22-May-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Scramble |
08:00 |
10:00 |
Various vectors over Irish Sea in pursuit of e/a |
|
|
24-May-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Scramble |
19:30 |
20:30 |
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|
20-Jun-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt J.I. Yates |
Scramble |
13:40 |
14:20 |
Plots were off Salters but faded before contact could be made. |
|
28-Jun-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Scramble |
19:15 |
19:45 |
Black Blue and Green Sections were vectored hard after plots
20-60 miles S.W. of Base. They were also vectored on to each other and
intercepted successfully but fortunately did not engage |
|
30-Jun-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Scramble |
22:50 |
23:10 |
Nothing seen. |
|
06-Jul-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Scramble |
19:50 |
20:50 |
No incident. |
|
08-Jul-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Patrol |
09:55 |
11:15 |
Patrol to Carnsore and South |
|
14-Jul-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Patrol |
20:10 |
21:05 |
Patrol South of Eire. The whole area between Angle and Eire and
Lundy was swept, but unsuccessfully. |
|
18-Jul-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Patrol |
22:26 |
22:55 |
This was a similar operation to that of the fourteenth. Again no
enemy aircraft were seen. |
|
25-Jul-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Scramble |
09:25 |
10:15 |
No incident. |
|
26-Jul-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Scramble |
19:05 |
19:20 |
Plots identified as friendly. |
|
26-Jul-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Scramble |
20:00 |
20:45 |
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|
27-Jul-42 |
P.7110 |
P/O Lovell |
Patrol |
20:20 |
21:15 |
Patrol of Small area. |
|
28-Jul-42 |
P.7110 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Patrol |
18:10 |
18:40 |
Smalls patrol |
|
05-Aug-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy |
10:00 |
11:05 |
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05-Aug-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
A/S Rescue Search |
12:25 |
13:15 |
Search for Blenheim believed ditched off St. Davids Head. No
trace seen. |
|
11-Aug-42 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy |
18:55 |
19:05 |
Recalled as ships were in Milford Haven. |
|
21-Sep-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt J. MacAulay |
Scramble |
10:15 |
11:15 |
Vectored towards two enemy aircraft at 1000 feet 20 miles South
of St. Aldhelms Head. Nothing seen |
|
21-Sep-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt J.I. Yates |
Scramble |
13:05 |
14:05 |
Patrol off Portland. Nothing seen |
|
28-Feb-43 |
P.7110 |
F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes |
10 Group Circus 17 |
14:40 |
15:40 |
Attack on Maupertus. This was their first dive-bombing attack.
It was observed to have been successful. |
|
01-Mar-43 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy |
08:00 |
09:20 |
Patrol off Angle |
|
05-Mar-43 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy |
17:40 |
18:55 |
Patrol off St. Davids |
|
07-Mar-43 |
P.7110 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
Convoy |
15:05 |
16:20 |
Patrol off St. Davids. Large Convoy. |
|
13-Mar-43 |
P.7110 |
Sgt S.P.D.
Thyagarajan |
Scramble |
12:50 |
13:25 |
Scrambled over Cardiff at 25,000 feet. Recalled when they
reached 18,000 |
|
19-Mar-43 |
P.7110 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
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. |
|
21-Mar-43 |
P.7110 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 23 (Morlaix Viaduct) |
00:05 |
01:30 |
Bombed from 1200 ft. through moderate flak. |
|
22-Mar-43 |
P.7110 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 24 |
00:05 |
01:30 |
Bombed from 3000-1000ft. Accurate flak all calibres. |
|
23-Mar-43 |
P.7110 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 25 (Ponthou Viaduct) |
01:05 |
02:20 |
Target not found. Bombs jettisoned in sea. |
|
26-Mar-43 |
P.7110 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
Rhubarb Operation |
15:05 |
15:50 |
Intending to attack targets in the Carentan area they found no
cloud cover whatever 20 miles North of Carentan and returned to base. |
|
15-Apr-43 |
P.7110 |
F/O E. Brearley |
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.7110 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
Bomb Mondeville
Industries (Night) |
22:41 |
00:14 |
Attacking the primary target from 2,000 feet in a 30º dive, he
saw bursts in the target area. Mod. flak. |
|
17-Apr-43 |
P.7110 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
Night Armed Shipping
Reccos and Rhubarbs |
23:04 |
00:15 |
He reccod the La Haye du Puits area, but finding no target,
returned with bombs. |
|
18-Apr-43 |
P.7110 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
Escorted Armed Dusk
Recco |
20:20 |
21:25 |
Reccod the Channel Islands area at zero feet in good visibility,
but found no shipping there. |
|
19-Apr-43 |
P.7110 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
Night Roadstead |
01:55 |
03:15 |
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28-Apr-43 |
P.7110 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
10 Group Roadstead 62 |
14:22 |
15:45 |
This operation did not find the depleted convoy in its estimated
position south of Jersey. |
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29-Apr-43 |
P.7110 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
10 Group Roadstead 63 |
13:10 |
|
Attack on shipping near Isigny. Found to be fishing vessels |
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30-Apr-43 |
P.7110 |
F/O A.H. Lee-White |
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Attack on shipping off Ushant. No shipping sighted |
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06-May-43 |
P.7110 |
W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt |
Roadstead 65 |
17:15 |
18:10 |
Attack on tanker with 5 small escort vessels reported W.N.W. of
Alderney. The Casquets were indeed found in this position. |
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11-May-43 |
P.7110 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
Ship Recco |
13:00 |
14:20 |
Uneventful recco south of Jersey |
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14-May-43 |
P.7110 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
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.7110 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
Night Roadstead 2 |
02:05 |
04:30 |
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. |
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16-May-43 |
P.7110 |
F/Lt J.P. Coyne |
Ship Recco |
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Search for two destroyers and a medium M/V suspected in the
Channel Islands area. 7 miles west of Casquets our formation which was in
loose line abreast at zero feet was attacked by two F.W.190's. Both damaged. |
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15-Jun-43 |
P.7110 |
Sgt G.A. Wood |
Shipping Recco |
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An armed escorted shipping recco had been ordered for first
light. 4 warships found |
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