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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
29-Apr-42 |
P.7010 |
P/O J.P. Coyne |
Convoy |
20:30 |
21:55 |
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26-Feb-43 |
P.7010 |
F/Sgt K.C. Ridley |
10 Group Circus 16 |
16:00 |
17:00 |
Attack on Maupertus. Landfall made at Cherbourg. Hits were
observed on aerodrome, dispersals and buildings. |
28-Feb-43 |
P.7010 |
F/Sgt K.C. Ridley |
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.7010 |
F/Sgt K.C. Ridley |
10 Group Circus 18 |
16:22 |
17:30 |
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.7010 |
F/O P. Harvey |
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.7010 |
F/O P. Harvey |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 23 (Morlaix Viaduct) |
00:25 |
01:50 |
Bombed 4000-1500 ft. No flak, no S/Ls. Saw P/O Abrams results. |
22-Mar-43 |
P.7010 |
F/O P. Harvey |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 24 |
00:30 |
01:55 |
Bombed from 3000-1200 ft. Accurate flak etc. |
23-Mar-43 |
P.7010 |
F/O P. Harvey |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 25 (Ponthou Viaduct) |
01:00 |
02:15 |
Target not found. Bombed main line cutting. |
06-Apr-43 |
P.7010 |
F/O C.P. King DFM |
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.7010 |
F/O C.P. King DFM |
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.7010 |
F/O P. Harvey |
10 Group Circus
22 |
17:30 |
19:00 |
Brest/Guipavas aerodrome was successfully divebombed with 20 x
250lb bombs. |
14-Apr-43 |
P.7010 |
Sgt J. MacAulay |
10 Group Roadstead 57 |
15:30 |
Missing |
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. Sgt MacAuley MiA |
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