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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
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03-Apr-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt D.St J. Jowitt |
Convoy Patrol |
06:40 |
08:05 |
Convoy Patrol off North Cornish Coast. |
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03-Apr-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt D.St J. Jowitt |
Convoy Patrol |
08:45 |
10:10 |
Convoy Patrol |
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03-Apr-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt C.P. Rudland |
Convoy Patrol |
13:25 |
14:45 |
Convoy Patrol |
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03-Apr-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt C.P. Rudland |
Convoy Patrol |
15:40 |
17:15 |
Convoy Patrol |
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03-Apr-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt C.P. Rudland |
Convoy Patrol |
18:10 |
19:45 |
Convoy Patrol |
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04-Apr-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt D.St J. Jowitt |
Convoy Patrol |
18:55 |
20:05 |
Convoy Patrol |
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05-Apr-41 |
P.7007 |
P/O D. Stein |
Interception Patrol |
13:05 |
14:05 |
A sweep 20 miles out to sea from Land's End was made, but
nothing was seen. |
|
05-Apr-41 |
P.7007 |
F/O J.G. Hughes |
Interception Patrol |
16:05 |
17:15 |
The section was detailed to patrol the Lizard and then to Raid
120 which was flying West from Start Point. No contact was made with the
enemy |
|
08-Apr-41 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt T.P. Pugh |
Interception Patrol |
09:00 |
09:45 |
The section was detailed to Raid 113 which went West of the
Scillies. |
|
17-Apr-41 |
P.7007 |
F/O J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
07:20 |
08:50 |
Convoy Patrol |
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17-Apr-41 |
P.7007 |
F/O J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
10:10 |
11:45 |
Convoy Patrol |
|
20-Apr-41 |
P.7007 |
F/O J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
15:20 |
16:35 |
Convoy Patrol |
|
21-Apr-41 |
P.7007 |
F/O J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
09:05 |
10:35 |
Convoy Patrol |
|
25-Apr-41 |
P.7007 |
F/O J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
13:10 |
14:45 |
Convoy Patrol |
|
29-Apr-41 |
P.7007 |
F/O J.G. Hughes |
Interception Patrol |
12:50 |
13:15 |
The section was on patrol, but no contact was made with the
enemy. |
|
29-Apr-41 |
P.7007 |
F/O J.G. Hughes |
Interception Patrol |
14:00 |
14:50 |
The section was on patrol. |
|
03-May-41 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Interception Patrol |
15:15 |
15:55 |
The section was on patrol. |
|
04-May-41 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
06:30 |
07:45 |
Convoy Patrol |
|
04-May-41 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
12:55 |
13:15 |
Convoy Patrol |
|
04-May-41 |
P.7007 |
S/Ldr A.H. Donaldson |
Convoy Patrol |
19:00 |
20:00 |
Convoy Patrol |
|
06-May-41 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Interception Patrol |
07:50 |
08:15 |
The section also set out on convoy patrol but returned on
account of bad weather. |
|
06-May-41 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
14:05 |
15:30 |
Convoy Patrol |
|
08-May-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt H.J. Blackshaw |
Convoy Patrol |
14:30 |
16:05 |
Convoy Patrol |
|
09-May-41 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
10:25 |
11:55 |
Convoy Patrol |
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09-May-41 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
12:25 |
13:55 |
Convoy Patrol |
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10-May-41 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
14:20 |
15:10 |
Convoy Patrol |
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12-May-41 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
06:15 |
08:00 |
Convoy Patrol |
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13-May-41 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
16:10 |
17:45 |
Convoy Patrol |
|
13-May-41 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
18:50 |
20:20 |
Convoy Patrol |
|
16-May-41 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
09:40 |
11:05 |
Convoy Patrol |
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16-May-41 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
12:25 |
13:50 |
Convoy Patrol |
|
24-May-41 |
P.7007 |
P/O C.P. Rudland |
Convoy Patrol |
09:25 |
10:35 |
Convoy Patrol |
|
26-May-41 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
21:00 |
22:15 |
Convoy Patrol |
|
27-May-41 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Interception Patrol |
11:05 |
12:00 |
The section was on patrol |
|
07-Jun-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt H.J. Blackshaw |
Convoy Patrol |
15:30 |
15:45 |
Convoy Patrol |
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07-Jun-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt H.J. Blackshaw |
Convoy Patrol |
19:30 |
19:45 |
Convoy Patrol |
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11-Jun-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt H.J. Blackshaw |
Convoy Patrol |
14:20 |
15:55 |
Convoy Patrol |
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11-Jun-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt H.J. Blackshaw |
Convoy Patrol |
17:25 |
18:20 |
Convoy Patrol |
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11-Jun-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt H.J. Blackshaw |
Interception Patrol |
18:55 |
19:55 |
“A” Flight was put on patrol and after numerous “Vectors” was
informed that there was an enemy aircraft ahead of them, with a fighter on
its tail. Almost immediately afterwards a twin engine aircraft was sighted
with Defiant on its tail, the flight gave chase P/O. Stein was just about to
open fire when he recognised the machine as a Blenheim. He broke away, but
Sgt King gave it a 2 seconds burst, happily not hitting it. |
|
12-Jun-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt J.J. Walker |
Convoy Patrol |
10:00 |
11:25 |
Convoy Patrol |
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12-Jun-41 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
12:20 |
13:25 |
Convoy Patrol |
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13-Jun-41 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
08:55 |
10:15 |
Convoy Patrol |
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13-Jun-41 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
11:30 |
12:50 |
Convoy Patrol |
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19-Jun-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt H.J. Blackshaw |
Convoy Patrol |
19:45 |
21:10 |
Convoy Patrol |
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23-Jun-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt H.J. Blackshaw |
Convoy Patrol |
13:45 |
15:15 |
Convoy Patrol |
|
05-Jul-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt C.P. King |
Convoy Patrol |
15:10 |
16:40 |
Convoy Patrol off the Cornish coast. |
|
29-Jul-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt H.J. Blackshaw |
Convoy Patrol |
13:50 |
15:20 |
Convoy Patrol in the Bristol Channel. |
|
29-Jul-41 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt J.G. Hughes |
Convoy Patrol |
16:50 |
18:05 |
Convoy Patrol in the Bristol Channel. |
|
30-Jul-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt J.W.E. Holmes |
Convoy Patrol |
14:00 |
15:30 |
Convoy Patrol in the Bristol Channel. |
|
30-Jul-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt J.E. Meredith |
Convoy Patrol |
18:20 |
19:50 |
Convoy Patrol in the Bristol Channel. |
|
06-Aug-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt J.E. Meredith |
Interception Patrol |
14:05 |
15:15 |
The section was on patrol but saw nothing. |
|
11-Aug-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt J.E. Meredith |
Convoy Patrol |
13:40 |
15:15 |
Convoy patrol off Porthcawl. |
|
25-Aug-41 |
P.7007 |
F/Sgt R.A. Brackley |
Convoy Patrol |
17:55 |
18:45 |
Convoy Patrol in the Bristol Channel. |
|
26-Aug-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt J.E. Meredith |
Offensive Action |
11:30 |
12:35 |
Low level attack on Maupertus aerodrome. |
|
19-Sep-41 |
P.7007 |
P/O G.B. Warnes |
Mandolin Operation |
14:30 |
16:00 |
Attack on Morlaix aerodrome. |
|
02-Oct-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt C.P. King |
Scramble |
12:30 |
13:15 |
Four Whirlwinds were ordered out to patrol base at 10,000 feet.
There was a hostile raid in the vicinity but it faded before anything was
seen of it. |
|
29-Oct-41 |
P.7007 |
Sgt C.P. King |
Rhubarb No.35 |
14:46 |
16:14 |
Attack on Morlaix aerodrome. |
|
12-Feb-42 |
P.7007 |
P/O P. Harvey |
Convoy |
12:40 |
13:25 |
No Incident. |
|
15-Feb-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Scramble |
14:35 |
15:30 |
Section patrolled Angle at 15000. Several short vectors given by
F'Wood Humbug. Nothing seen. |
|
19-Feb-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
13:30 |
14:35 |
Sgt. Abrams failed to contact No.1 in poor visibility. |
|
10-Mar-42 |
P.7007 |
P/O N.V. Crabtree |
Convoy Patrol |
12:15 |
13:45 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
14-Mar-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Scramble |
11:45 |
12:25 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
15-Mar-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt R.I. Reed |
Convoy Patrol |
14:55 |
16:05 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
19-Mar-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy Patrol |
13:35 |
14:55 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
22-Mar-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
10:30 |
12:10 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
22-Mar-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
14:00 |
14:30 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
22-Mar-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
16:10 |
17:30 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
23-Mar-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy Patrol |
15:05 |
16:15 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
23-Mar-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy Patrol |
17:40 |
19:00 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
24-Mar-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt D.F. Small |
Patrol |
15:15 |
16:55 |
Nothing Seen. |
|
03-May-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Scramble |
12:50 |
13:15 |
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06-May-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt D.F. Small |
Patrol Portreath
& Falmouth (Royal visit) |
08:00 |
20:20 |
Patrolled Cornwall for Royal visit |
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09-May-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt D.F. Small |
Scramble |
07:15 |
08:30 |
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22-May-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt B.C. Abrams |
A.S.R. |
18:25 |
19:45 |
A search was made for ten miles around St David's Head. Nothing
was seen of the Blenheim supposed to have gone in there |
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24-May-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt D.F. Small |
Scramble |
19:30 |
20:30 |
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26-May-42 |
P.7007 |
P/O J.W.E. Holmes |
Scramble |
19:40 |
20:30 |
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04-Jun-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt J.I. Yates |
Patrol |
05:55 |
06:55 |
Early patrol of Smalls-Carmsore area. |
|
05-Jun-42 |
P.7007 |
P/O Lovell |
Scramble |
20:40 |
21:20 |
This scramble south of base and towards Lundy originated in the
misplotting of the Squadron Oxford, returning from Portreath. |
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13-Jun-42 |
P.7007 |
P/O Lovell |
|
06:05 |
06:40 |
Bogey identified as Liberator, South of Smalls |
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20-Jun-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt D.F. Small |
Scramble |
14:30 |
14:55 |
Nothing seen. |
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28-Jun-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt D.F. Small |
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 |
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01-Jul-42 |
P.7007 |
P/O P. Harvey |
Scramble |
18:35 |
19:40 |
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08-Jul-42 |
P.7007 |
P/O H.J Blackshaw |
Scramble |
07:50 |
08:55 |
No incident. |
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18-Jul-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt D.F. Small |
Patrol |
19:15 |
20:05 |
Smalls Patrol. |
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18-Jul-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt D.F. Small |
Patrol |
20:50 |
21:50 |
This was a similar operation to that of the fourteenth. Again no
enemy aircraft were seen. |
|
23-Jul-42 |
P.7007 |
P/O Lovell |
Combined Rhubarb
Operation |
15:28 |
16:43 |
Rhubarb to attack wireless station north of Landivisiau |
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26-Jul-42 |
P.7007 |
P/O J.W.E. Holmes |
Scramble |
20:10 |
20:25 |
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27-Jul-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt D.F. Small |
A/S/R. search |
20:00 |
21:00 |
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28-Jul-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt D.F. Small |
Scramble |
12:35 |
13:05 |
No incident. |
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28-Jul-42 |
P.7007 |
P/O E. Brearley |
Patrol |
18:10 |
18:40 |
Smalls patrol |
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08-Nov-42 |
P.7007 |
F/Sgt B.C. Abrams |
Convoy |
12:30 |
13:55 |
Convoy of important Floating Dock from Needles area towards
Portland |
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10-Nov-42 |
P.7007 |
W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt |
Convoy |
14:00 |
15:15 |
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10-Nov-42 |
P.7007 |
W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt |
Convoy |
17:00 |
-- |
cancelled |
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18-Nov-42 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt G.B. Warnes |
Convoy |
16:55 |
17:55 |
Convoy off Portland (going West) |
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20-Nov-42 |
P.7007 |
W/O D.B. McPhail |
Convoy |
15:20 |
15:45 |
Finding cloud at 100 feet the section returned to base. |
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08-Jan-43 |
P.7007 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
Convoy |
13:25 |
14:10 |
Convoy South of St. Aldhelms Head, going West. |
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15-Jan-43 |
P.7007 |
P/O B.C. Abrams |
Air Sea Rescue |
12:20 |
13:10 |
F/Lt Blackshaw and Sgt MacAulay actually sighted the missing
pilot in his dinghy about 20 miles South of Portland. Owing to the failure of
R/T communication, which is normal and well known in this area, this pilot
was not picked up. |
|
15-Jan-43 |
P.7007 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
Air Sea Rescue |
16:10 |
17:40 |
The second sweep was entirely unsuccessful. |
|
26-Mar-43 |
P.7007 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
Rhubarb Operation |
10:45 |
11:55 |
Ordered to attack target as above but they mistook Cap
Flamanville for Cap Carteret and so searched too far North. Finding no other
target, they bombed a road at La Mare du Pors. |
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04-Apr-43 |
P.7007 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
Roadstead Operation |
07:40 |
08:45 |
Swept the Alderney – Cap de la Hague area at zero feet, in quest
for E Boats reported there, but none was found |
|
06-Apr-43 |
P.7007 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
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. |
|
13-Apr-43 |
P.7007 |
F/O S.J. Lovell |
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. |
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13-Apr-43 |
P.7007 |
F/O S.J. Lovell |
10 Group Circus
22 |
17:30 |
19:00 |
Brest/Guipavas aerodrome was successfully divebombed with 20 x
250lb bombs. |
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14-Apr-43 |
P.7007 |
F/O S.J. Lovell |
Armed Shipping Recco |
07:20 |
08:40 |
First light recco from Warmwell to search for E-Boats |
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15-Apr-43 |
P.7007 |
F/O S.J. Lovell |
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 |
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16-Apr-43 |
P.7007 |
F/O S.J. Lovell |
Escorted Armed Dusk
Ship Recco |
20:40 |
22:10 |
Dusk escorted armed recco in Channel Islands area. |
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18-Apr-43 |
P.7007 |
F/O A.H. Lee-White |
Escorted Armed Dusk
Recco |
20:20 |
21:25 |
Reccod the Channel Islands area at zero feet in good visibility,
but found no shipping there. |
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19-Apr-43 |
P.7007 |
F/O A.H. Lee-White |
Night Roadstead |
01:55 |
03:15 |
It was searched for but cloud 9/10 at 500 feet made observation |
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20-Apr-43 |
P.7007 |
F/O A.H. Lee-White |
Night Armed Recco |
23:20 |
00:50 |
He found two armed trawlers steaming South about 2 miles S.E. of
St Marcouf. He made a beam attack on the nearer of them and doesn't think his
bombs missed. Mod. Flak. |
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27-Apr-43 |
P.7007 |
Sgt J.I. Simpson |
10 Group Roadstead 59 |
16:35 |
17:50 |
Attack on convoy of 9 ships S. of Jersey. |
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06-May-43 |
P.7007 |
P/O P.T.R. Mercer |
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.7007 |
W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt |
Ship Recco |
13:00 |
14:20 |
Uneventful recco south of Jersey |
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22-May-43 |
P.7007 |
F/Lt J.P. Coyne |
Night Roadstead 2 |
00:25 |
01:50 |
Attack on convoy steaming from Cap de la Hague towards
Cherbourg. |
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29-May-43 |
P.7007 |
W/O D.F.J. Tebbitt |
Roadstead 71 |
14:10 |
15:15 |
The 15 Ship Convoy reported off Barfleur was found without much
enthusiasm to be the French Fishing Fleet. |
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29-May-43 |
P.7007 |
P/O P.T.R. Mercer |
Scramble |
19:15 |
20:15 |
These sections patrolled base at 5,000ft |
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