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d. 17 Apr 1943 CWGC
Service Number 102571 (1112828)
P/O 22nd June 1941. (Gazette Issue 35260 published on the 29 August 1941. Page 12 of 64)
F/O 22nd June 1942. (Gazette Issue 35675 published on the 18 August 1942. Page 4 of 8)
DFC 18 May 1943. (Gazette Issue 36017 published on the 14 May 1943. Page 1 of 8)
Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
08-Nov-41 P.6991 P/O P. Harvey 10 Group Rodeo 5 13:45 14:55 Sweep of Channel Islands area
15-Nov-41 P.6991 P/O P. Harvey Rhubarb 61 12:40 14:35 Attack on Distillery targets. Red Section (P/O Warnes and P/O Harvey) Target 207 Brehal.
17-Nov-41 P.6991 P/O P. Harvey Rhubarb 64 09:15 09:40 Attack on Distillery targets - abortive
20-Jan-42 P.7108 P/O P. Harvey Tactical Exercise 10:50 11:45 An exercise in co-operation with the Army. Dummy Attacks were made on troop concentrations and supply columns in the Marlborough - Yatesbury area.
12-Feb-42 P.7004 P/O P. Harvey Convoy Patrol 08:20 09:10 No Incident.
12-Feb-42 P.7007 P/O P. Harvey Convoy 12:40 13:25 No Incident.
12-Feb-42 P.7052 P/O P. Harvey Convoy 16:50 18:13 No Incident.
07-Mar-42 P.7117 P/O P. Harvey Convoy Patrol 12:50 14:05 Nothing Seen.
08-Mar-42 P.7051 P/O P. Harvey Convoy Patrol 13:00 14:15 Nothing Seen.
08-Mar-42 P.7051 P/O P. Harvey Convoy Patrol 15:40 17:15 Nothing Seen.
10-Mar-42 P.7100 P/O P. Harvey Convoy Patrol 13:15 14:35 Nothing Seen.
10-Mar-42 P.7100 P/O P. Harvey Convoy Patrol 16:15 17:35 Nothing Seen.
14-Mar-42 P.7003 P/O P. Harvey Convoy Patrol 14:10 15:30 Nothing Seen.
14-Mar-42 P.7100 P/O P. Harvey Evening sweep 18:30 19:20 Nothing Seen.
15-Mar-42 P.7100 P/O P. Harvey Convoy Patrol 11:50 13:25 Nothing Seen.
21-Mar-42 P.7100 P/O P. Harvey Sweep of Irish Sea 10:35 12:00 Nothing Seen.
22-Mar-42 P.7100 P/O P. Harvey Sweep of Irish Sea 11:30 12:45 Nothing Seen.
24-Mar-42 P.7100 P/O P. Harvey Sweep of Irish Sea 18:45 19:40 Nothing Seen.
14-Apr-42 P.7100 P/O P. Harvey Convoy 14:35 15:55  
14-Apr-42 P.7052 P/O P. Harvey Convoy 16:35 17:40  
15-Apr-42 P.7100 P/O P. Harvey Salter sweep 10:40 11:55 P/O Harvey swung off runway on landing in a cross wind. Aircraft damaged Cat. B. starboard wing and engine.
29-Apr-42 P.7035 P/O P. Harvey Convoy 16:25 17:40  
29-Apr-42 P.7035 P/O P. Harvey Convoy 19:10 00:00  
30-Apr-42 P.7114 P/O P. Harvey Convoy 10:30 11:45  
30-Apr-42 P.7114 P/O P. Harvey Convoy 09:30 10:00  
30-Apr-42 P.7114 P/O P. Harvey 10 Group Ramrod 18 18:05 19:25 Attack on Lannion aerodrome, B Flight to attack Morlaix
01-May-42 P.7116 P/O P. Harvey Scramble 15:00 16:20  
02-May-42 P.7116 P/O P. Harvey Scramble 09:20 10:10 Pilots were vectored to Hook Head, where plots faded.
02-May-42 P.7116 P/O P. Harvey Scramble 10:50 11:45 Pilots were vectored to Hook Head, where plots faded.
04-May-42 P.6991 P/O P. Harvey Scramble 11:30 11:50 A Flight scrambles produced plots coincidental with e/a off Carnsore. Nothing seen.
08-May-42 P.6991 P/O P. Harvey Scramble 08:45 09:55 Vectored far out over Irish Sea. Nothing seen.
09-May-42 P.7116 P/O P. Harvey Scramble 21:40 22:05  
10-May-42 P.6991 P/O P. Harvey Scramble 06:55 07:55  
13-May-42 P.6991 P/O P. Harvey Irish Sea sweep 19:10 20:05 Irish Sea Sweep. Another determined effort to intercept the elusive 1/123
20-May-42 P.6991 P/O P. Harvey Scramble 12:55 13:45  
21-May-42 P.6991 P/O P. Harvey Scramble 11:30 12:00  
31-May-42 P.6991 P/O P. Harvey Sweep to Cainrov. 09:55 10:55  
19-Jun-42 P.7120 P/O P. Harvey Scramble 19:20 20:30 Enemy aircraft out of range off Irish South coast.
22-Jun-42 P.6991 P/O P. Harvey Escort 05:30 06:35 No incident.
30-Jun-42 P.7035 P/O P. Harvey Scramble 22:40 23:15 Nothing seen.
01-Jul-42 P.7007 P/O P. Harvey Scramble 18:35 19:40  
06-Jul-42 P.7052 P/O P. Harvey Scramble 13:20 14:00 No incident.
08-Jul-42 P.7052 P/O P. Harvey Scramble 07:50 08:55 No incident.
23-Jul-42 P.6979 P/O P. Harvey Combined Rhubarb Operation 15:30 16:45 Rhubarb to attack railway at St. Pol de Leon & distillery at Landivisiau
28-Jul-42 P.7120 P/O P. Harvey Scramble 17:00 18:20 No incident.
30-Jul-42 P.6990 P/O P. Harvey Scramble 08:10 08:40  
04-Aug-42 P.7014 P/O P. Harvey Convoy 10:05 11:20  
22-Aug-42 P.7014 P/O P. Harvey Scramble 06:05 06:25  
28-Aug-42 P.7000 P/O P. Harvey Scramble 19:25 19:45 Plots were good from Cherbourg at 20,000-30,000ft. The Whirlwinds which were scrambled struggled to 24,000 but saw nothing.
08-Oct-42 P.7057 F/O P. Harvey Shipping Recco 10:25 10:40 This was an abortive sortie. S/Ldr Woodward orbitted over the coast and found no cloud cover, and the recco was abandonded.
09-Oct-42 P.7013 F/O P. Harvey Shipping Recco 14:10 15:20 Armed recco of Alderney – Barfleur area.
31-Oct-42 P.7094 F/O P. Harvey Rhubarb Operation 10:40 12:00 Sections were led by F/O Harvey to attack the railway triangle N.W. of the La Haye du Puits.
18-Nov-42 P.7094 F/O P. Harvey Convoy 12:15 13:50 This convoy of 16-18 ships was escorted without incident from Needles area to Portland.
18-Nov-42 P.7062 F/O P. Harvey Convoy 15:25 16:35 This convoy of 16-18 ships was escorted without incident from Needles area to Portland.
19-Nov-42 P.6979 F/O P. Harvey Roadstead 40 Whirlwinds Antiflak 11:20 12:15 This was the first all-Whirlwind Roadstead Operation. 4 “B” Flight Whirli-bombers were escorted by 4 “A” Flight Whirlwinds antiflak. No incident.
26-Nov-42 P.7105 F/O P. Harvey Rhubarb 16:10 17:00 F/O Harvey led this operation intending to attack railway objectives S.W. of Isigny, but found inadequate cloud cover 10 miles S.E. of Barfleur.
20-Nov-42 P.7013 F/O P. Harvey Roadstead Operation Whirlibombers 08:45 09:50 This was the first all-Whirlwind Roadstead Operation. 4 “A” Flight Whirli-bombers were escorted by 4 “B” Flight Whirlwinds antiflak. No incident.
03-Dec-42 P.6991 F/O P. Harvey Convoy 08:40 09:55 Convoy approaching Solent from Needles.
07-Dec-42 P.7094 F/O P. Harvey 10 Group Roadstead 45 13:10 14:40 West of Guernsey, Enemy convoy was sighted lying off Baie de St. Brelade, South West of Jersey.
15-Jan-43 P.6986 F/O P. Harvey Air Sea Rescue 16:10 17:40 The second sweep was entirely unsuccessful.
12-Feb-43 P.7094 F/O P. Harvey Rhubarb 08:30 10:00 Attack on La Haye du Puits. 2 trains attacked with cannon and a siding at Port Bail bombed. Sgt. D. Williams hit by flak from train and ditched 4 miles off Cap de Carteret. Last seen organising dinghy.
19-Feb-43 P.7094 F/O P. Harvey Army Co-Op Exercise "Longford" 15:20 16:15 Army transports attacked North of Wroughton aerodrome on Wroughton-Swindon Road.
14-Mar-43 P.7094 F/O P. Harvey 10 Group Circus 18 16:15 17:15 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.
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.7090 F/O P. Harvey Armed Ship-Recco 07:12 08:30 First light recco from Predannack to search for E-Boats. Found Lancaster floating and its crew in a dinghy near it, 20 miles S of Start Point.
14-Apr-43 P.7090 F/O P. Harvey 10 Group Roadstead 57 15:30 17:05 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.
16-Apr-43 P.7090 F/O P. Harvey Bomb Mondeville Industries (Night) 22:57 00:25 Making landfall near Courseulles, he flew East but missed the Caen canal and therefore returned to disintegrate the main line W of Bayeux
17-Apr-43 P.7090 F/O P. Harvey Night Armed Shipping Reccos and Rhubarbs 23:00 missing Ordered to look for trains between Bayeux and Caen nothing was heard of him after he left Warmwell
 See also the Summary Jun-Jul 42 tab