Back WARNES Geoffrey Berrington
d. 02 Feb 1944 CWGC
Service Number 78429
A/P/O 2nd Apr. 1940. (Gazette Issue 34838 published on the 26 April 1940. Page 14 of 76)
P/O 14th May 1940. (Gazette Issue 34876 published on the 18 June 1940. Page 16 of 70)
F/O 1st Nov. 1941. (Gazette Issue 35650 published on the 28 July 1942. Page 3 of 8)
F/Lt 1st Nov. 1942. (Gazette Issue 35881 published on the 26 January 1943. Page 4 of 8)
S/Ldr Not found
DFC 5th March, 1943. (Gazette Issue 35927 published on the 2 March 1943. Page 1 of 8)
DSO 6th July, 1943. (Gazette Issue 36079 published on the 2 July 1943. Page 1 of 12)
Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
19-Sep-41 P.7007 P/O G.B. Warnes Mandolin Operation 14:30 16:00 Attack on Morlaix aerodrome.
29-Sep-41 P.7061 P/O G.B. Warnes Mandolin Operation No.7 18:33 20:15 Attack JU.88s on Lannion aerodrome.
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
08-Nov-41 P.7061 P/O G.B. Warnes 10 Group Rodeo 5 13:45 14:55 Sweep of Channel Islands area
15-Nov-41 P.7061 P/O G.B. Warnes 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.7061 P/O G.B. Warnes Rhubarb 64 09:15 09:40 Attack on Distillery targets - abortive
11-Jan-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Scramble 11:05 11:50 Pilots were vectored to the Isle of Wight chasing a bogey. The bogey was then identified as a Grumman Martlet by pilots of squadron.
20-Jan-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Tactical Exercise 12:25 12:55 An exercise in co-operation with the Army. Dummy Attacks were made on troop concentrations and supply columns in the Marlborough - Yatesbury area.
07-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy Patrol 17:00 18:05 Nothing Seen.
08-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Scramble 07:20 07:55 Nothing Seen.
08-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy Patrol 11:30 13:00 Nothing Seen.
09-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy Patrol 16:30 18:30 Nothing Seen.
10-Mar-42 P.7060 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy Patrol 12:15 13:45 Nothing Seen.
14-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Scramble 11:45 12:50 Nothing Seen.
16-Mar-42 P.7116 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Scramble 09:15 09:50 Nothing Seen.
19-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy Patrol 15:35 17:15 Nothing Seen.
22-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Sweep of Irish Sea 10:05 11:45 Nothing Seen.
22-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Sweep of Irish Sea 13:35 15:00 Nothing Seen.
22-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Sweep of Irish Sea 16:55 18:15 Nothing Seen.
23-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy Patrol 14:35 15:55 Nothing Seen.
23-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy Patrol 17:05 18:35 Nothing Seen.
24-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Patrol 14:25 15:45 Nothing Seen.
25-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Scramble 18:30 18:35 Nothing Seen.
26-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy Patrol 10:35 11:20 Blue section was ordred to escort convoys Steward & Sapper II
26-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy Patrol 14:15 15:45 Nothing Seen.
27-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy 13:50 15:00 Nothing Seen.
27-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Patrol 17:40 19:00 The Linney-Head, Smalls, Carnsors, Saltee area was thoroughly swept.
28-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Search for lost pilot 15:05 16:15 A pilot of 402 Spitfire Squadron on convoy patrol pancaked in the sea 12 miles south of Tenby.
29-Mar-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy 08:45 10:30 Nothing Seen.
05-Apr-42 P.7114 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy 10:20 11:55 Patrol of Steward
22-Apr-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy 07:10 08:25  
22-Apr-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy 09:40 10:55  
23-Apr-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy 14:30 15:40  
24-Apr-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy 17:40 18:25  
26-Apr-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy 16:40 16:50 Recalled as convoy entered Haven.
26-Apr-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy 18:25 18:50  
06-May-42 P.7061 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Patrol Portreath & Falmouth (Royal visit) 08:00 20:20 Patrolled Cornwall for Royal visit
04-Jun-42 P.7089 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Patrol 05:55 06:55 Early patrol of Smalls-Carmsore area.
05-Jun-42 P.7089 F/Lt G.B. Warnes 10 Group Ramrod 19 15:10 16:30 Attack on Morlaix aerodrome
20-Jun-42 P.7000 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Scramble 14:30 14:55 Nothing seen.
10-Jul-42 P.7117 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Patrol 13:35 14:25 Patrol Irish Sea.
14-Jul-42 P.7117 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Patrol 21:10 22:10 Patrol South of Eire. The whole area between Angle and Eire and Lundy was swept, but unsuccessfully.
18-Jul-42 P.6995 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Scramble 19:40 20:20 No incident.
18-Jul-42 P.7117 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Patrol 21:20 22:20 This was a similar operation to that of the fourteenth. Again no enemy aircraft were seen.
23-Jul-42 P.7117 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Combined Rhubarb Operation 15:28 16:43 Rhubarb to attack wireless station north of Landivisiau
08-Sep-42 P.7043 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Roadstead Operation 07:45 09:20 Roadstead to attack tanker near Channel Islands. Not found.
09-Sep-42 P.7043 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Roadstead Operation 14:35 15:20 Roadstead to attck a large ship reported by a shipping recco near Cap de la Hague.
16-Sep-42 P.7043 F/Lt G.B. Warnes 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.
29-Sep-42 P.7043 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Shipping Recco     This section took off intending to make use of cloud cover in reconnoitring the Channel Island Shipping Lanes. But finding heavy rain squalls RTB
01-Oct-42 P.7043 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Roadstead Operation 17:00 18:15 Roadstead to bomb minesweepers in Trieux estuary. Not found.
06-Oct-42 P.7043 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Armed Recco 09:05 09:50 Recconnaissance of the Guernsey-Sark area
10-Oct-42 P.7043 F/Lt G.B. Warnes 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
10-Nov-42 P.7089 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy 16:00 17:30  
18-Nov-42 P.7007 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Convoy 16:55 17:55 Convoy off Portland (going West)
19-Nov-42 P.7113 F/Lt G.B. Warnes 10 Group Roadstead 40 11:20 12:15 F/Lt Warnes led the 4 Whirlibombers on this first all-263 Roadstead Operation. No incident
20-Nov-42 P.7113 F/Lt G.B. Warnes Roadstead Operation 08:45 09:50 F/Lt Warnes led the 4 Whirlibombers on this second all-263 Roadstead Operation. No incident
15-Jan-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Night Recco 22:20 23:38 First 263 Night Operations. These extensive shipping reccos of the Channel Island area were uneventful.
07-Feb-43 P.7094 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Army Co-Op 15:40 16:35 Equipment containers dropped on Netheravon aerodrome at 1600 hours. F/O E. Brearley's containers hung up.
15-Feb-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Night Off. Ops 20:30 22:05 Railway line S.E. of Carentan bombed.
16-Feb-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Night Off. Ops 20:00 21:30 Train bombed N of Carentan – train stopped in clouds of steam.
16-Feb-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Night Off. Ops 22:55 00:25 Returned to above locality but too dark for accurate observations
26-Feb-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 10 Group Circus 16 16:00 17:00 Attack on Maupertus. Landfall made at Cherbourg. Hits were observed on aerodrome, dispersals and buildings.
27-Feb-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Diversion to 10 Group Ramrod 13:30 14:30 Attack on Maupertus. Landfall made at Pointe du Barfleur. Hits were again observed on aerodrome, dispersals and buildings.
28-Feb-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 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.
19-Mar-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 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.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 10 Group Night Rhubarb No. 23 (Morlaix Viaduct) 00:00 01:20 Held by S/Ls and accurate flak 2000-200ft. Bombs jettisoned
22-Mar-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 10 Group Night Rhubarb No. 24 00:01 01:20 Bombed from 300 ft. after dummy run. Accurate flak all calibres.
23-Mar-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 10 Group Night Rhubarb No. 25 (Ponthou Viaduct) 01:00 02:30 Bombed target after 2 dummy runs in thick haze.
13-Apr-43 P.6974 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 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.6971 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 10 Group Circus 22 17:30 19:00 Brest/Guipavas aerodrome was successfully divebombed with 20 x 250lb bombs.
14-Apr-43 P.6971 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Armed Shipping Recco 07:20 08:40 First light recco from Warmwell to search for E-Boats
15-Apr-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 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.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Bomb Mondeville Industries (Night) 22:33 00:01 Compass temporarily jammed u/s entailed a landfall at C. de la Hague. He therefore reccod for ships and trains, Isigny – Carentan.
17-Apr-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Night Armed Shipping Reccos and Rhubarbs 23:15 00:35 Finding no trains he bombed the Carentan Valogues line. He saw an intense barrage of flak at Airel at 2348.
18-Apr-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 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.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Night Roadstead 01:55 03:15 Shipping was reported between Jersey and Cap de la Hague.
21-Apr-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Night Roadstead 02:00 03:40 The Channel Islands convoy which F/O Coyne had attacked was sought for, but not found. It had probably berthed in Alderney.
27-Apr-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 10 Group Roadstead 59 16:35 17:50 Attack on convoy of 9 ships S. of Jersey.
28-Apr-43 P.7089 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 10 Group Roadstead 60 10:15 12:50 Attack on convoy of 8 ships N. of Sept Isles
28-Apr-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 10 Group Roadstead 62 14:22 15:45 This operation did not find the depleted convoy in its estimated position south of Jersey.
29-Apr-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 10 Group Roadstead 63 13:10   Attack on shipping near Isigny. Found to be fishing vessels
30-Apr-43 P.7040 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC       Attack on shipping off Ushant. No shipping sighted
03-May-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Armed Ship Recco 14:25 16:15 Swept Guernsey, Sept Iles, Ile de Batz, where W/Cdr Dolezal and 310 Squadron became involved in combats with 6 F.W.190s.
05-May-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Roadstead 17:15 19:00 Search for a minelayer reported steaming East from Brehat. Between Sept Iles and Ile de Batz. They found fishing vessels, probably misreported
06-May-43 P.7013 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 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.
14-May-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC 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.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Night Roadstead 2 01:00 02:20 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.
16-May-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Escorted Armed Recco     Escorted armed recco recalled because of a failure of R/T reception
16-May-43 P.7040 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Ship Recco     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.
18-May-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Roadstead 18:50 20:20 No minesweepers were found in their suspected position between Jersey and Brehat.
19-May-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Roadstead     Repetition of previous days uneventful search for minesweepers Channel Islands – Brehat
22-May-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Night Roadstead 2 00:25 01:50 Attack on convoy steaming from Cap de la Hague towards Cherbourg.
29-May-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Roadstead 71 14:10 15:15 The 15 Ship Convoy reported off Barfleur was found without much enthusiasm to be the French Fishing Fleet.
30-May-43 P.7113 S/Ldr G.B. Warnes DFC Ship Recco 18:35 19:50 Recco of Jersey area
 See also the Summary Jun-Jul 42 tab