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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
14-Feb-42 |
P.7099 |
F/Sgt I.F. Kennedy |
Convoy Patrol |
14:10 |
15:35 |
No incident. |
05-Aug-42 |
P.7099 |
P/O N.V. Crabtree |
Convoy |
10:00 |
11:05 |
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05-Aug-42 |
P.7099 |
P/O N.V. Crabtree |
A/S Rescue Search |
12:25 |
13:15 |
Search for Blenheim believed ditched off St. Davids Head. No
trace seen. |
06-Aug-42 |
P.7099 |
P/O N.V. Crabtree |
Convoy |
11:05 |
12:05 |
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09-Aug-42 |
P.7099 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy |
06:30 |
07:55 |
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11-Aug-42 |
P.7099 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
18:00 |
19:00 |
Convoy POKER |
18-Aug-42 |
P.7099 |
P/O N.V. Crabtree |
Scramble |
09:15 |
10:00 |
Patrol base at 20,000 or enemy aircraft, which turned back |
28-Aug-42 |
P.7099 |
P/O D.R. Gill |
Scramble |
14:20 |
15:30 |
Plots were good from Cherbourg at 20,000-30,000ft. The
Whirlwinds which were scrambled struggled to 24,000 but saw nothing. |
03-Sep-42 |
P.7099 |
P/O N.V. Crabtree |
Scramble |
11:05 |
11:45 |
Up from Colerne they were vectored South at 15,000 feet, and
finding low cloud at base landed at Middle Wallop. No incident in either
patrol |
16-Sep-42 |
P.7099 |
P/O N.V. Crabtree |
A/S/R Search |
10:15 |
11:10 |
Search was carried out in area 15-25 miles North of Cherbourg,
often within sight of French coast. Nothing seen. |
21-Sep-42 |
P.7099 |
P/O N.V. Crabtree |
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.7099 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Scramble |
13:05 |
14:05 |
Patrol off Portland. Nothing seen |
01-Oct-42 |
P.7099 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Roadstead Operation |
17:00 |
18:15 |
Roadstead to bomb minesweepers in Trieux estuary. Not found. |
10-Oct-42 |
P.7099 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Armed Recco |
12:00 |
13:10 |
This recco was carried out in the Alderney area and three miles
off the coast of the Contentin as far as Cap Barfleur. Nothing seen |
31-Oct-42 |
P.7099 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Rhubarb Operation |
10:40 |
12:20 |
Sections were led by F/O Harvey to attack the railway triangle
N.W. of the La Haye du Puits. |
07-Nov-42 |
P.7099 |
F/Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Rhubarb |
10:30 |
11:45 |
This operation had as its target the Valognes Carentan
railway. |
10-Nov-42 |
P.7099 |
F/Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
14:00 |
15:15 |
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10-Nov-42 |
P.7099 |
F/Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
17:00 |
-- |
cancelled |
20-Nov-42 |
P.7099 |
F/Lt A.N.W. Johnstone
DFC |
Roadstead Operation |
08:45 |
09:50 |
F/Lt Warnes led the 4 Whirlibombers on this second all-263
Roadstead Operation. No incident |
10-Dec-42 |
P.7099 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
Rhubarb |
11:50 |
12:15 |
Intending to bomb the Valognes Carentan main line, they were
recalled by Facta from 15 miles S. of St Aldhelms Head, because the sea was
too rough for Air Sea Rescue. |
14-Dec-42 |
P.7099 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
Anti-Rhubarb Patrol |
11:50 |
13:00 |
Routine Anti-Rhubarb Patrol. No incident, although Pilots were
vectored about 40 miles South of Portland. |
07-Jan-43 |
P.7099 |
F/O E. Brearley |
Roadstead Operation
from Predannack |
16:00 |
17:40 |
The channel was swept for minesweepers reported off Ile Vierge. |
10-Jan-43 |
P.7099 |
Sgt M.T. Cotton |
Roadstead Operation
from Predannack |
09:22 |
11:05 |
The channel was swept for minesweepers reported off Ile Vierge. |
18-Jan-43 |
P.7099 |
P/O C.P. King DFM |
Roadstead Operation
from Predannack |
14:03 |
15:29 |
The Ile de Batz area was searched for the promised minesweepers.
Returning from Ushant the formation was attacked by 4 F.W. 190s. There were
no Whirlibomber combats or casualties |
21-Jan-43 |
P.7099 |
P/O C.P. King DFM |
Roadstead Operation
from Predannack |
16:40 |
17:15 |
Escorted by 19 Squadron. Formation recalled when a few minutes
out from English coast. |
28-Feb-43 |
P.7099 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
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.7099 |
W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt |
Convoy |
08:00 |
09:20 |
Patrol off Angle |
05-Mar-43 |
P.7099 |
F/O E. Brearley |
Convoy |
15:25 |
17:05 |
Patrol off St. Davids |
12-Mar-43 |
P.7099 |
F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes |
Patrol |
19:20 |
20:10 |
Dusk Patrol |
13-Mar-43 |
P.7099 |
W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt |
Scramble |
12:50 |
13:25 |
Scrambled over Cardiff at 25,000 feet. Recalled when they
reached 18,000 |
14-Mar-43 |
P.7099 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
10 Group Circus 18 |
15:55 |
17:00 |
Attack on Maupertus. They dive-bombed from 15000 - 9000 ft. and
saw 2 bursts in S.E. corner and other bursts in the centre. Flak was slight
and inaccurate. |
23-Mar-43 |
P.7099 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 25 (Ponthou Viaduct) |
01:17 |
02:40 |
Found target but unfortunately misfused bombs. |
24-Mar-43 |
P.7099 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
Rhubarb Operation |
13:45 |
14:45 |
Ordered to attack railway objectives at La Haye du Puits, they
found no cloud cover in the Casquets area and returned to base with their
bombs |
26-Mar-43 |
P.7099 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
Rhubarb Operation |
12:45 |
14:20 |
Attack on the Transformer Station at St. Lo. Making landfall
East of Isigny they flew through various patches of light flak, located the
target and both scored cannon strikes on it. P/O Abrams bombs apparently
disintegrated the whole transformer unit. F/O A. Lee-Whites' exploded among
the complex of huts. |
06-Apr-43 |
P.7099 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
10 Group Circus 20 |
18:27 |
20:12 |
These Whirlibombers were intended to form a second bombing wave
to the Typhoon bombers which had bombed Caen/Caupiquet aerodrome an hour
before. However they found 9/10 cloud at Ouistreham at 8000 feet and the
operation was abandoned. |
09-Apr-43 |
P.7099 |
F/O S.J. Lovell |
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.7099 |
F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes |
Roadstead from Exeter |
12:45 |
14:00 |
A 3,000 ton M/V escorted by E Boats had been reported off
BREHAT, but this sweeping operation failed to locate them. |
13-Apr-43 |
P.7099 |
F/Lt J.W.E. Holmes |
10 Group Circus
22 |
17:30 |
19:00 |
Brest/Guipavas aerodrome was successfully divebombed with 20 x
250lb bombs. |
16-Apr-43 |
P.7099 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
Bomb Mondeville
Industries (Night) |
22:37 |
00:10 |
Mistaking Isigny for the Caen canal, he pin-pointed too late. He
then disintergrated the main line N. of Carentan |
17-Apr-43 |
P.7099 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
Night Armed Shipping
Reccos and Rhubarbs |
22:48 |
missing |
Ordered to recco the Houlgate St Marcouf area, nothing was
heard of him after he left Warmwell. Believed he may have found and attacked
an armed trawler off Ouistreham. |
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