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WOODWARD |
Robert Sinckler |
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d. 07 Dec 1942 |
CWGC |
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Service Number |
74698 (754304) |
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P/O |
3rd
Oct. 1939. (Gazette Issue 34705 published on the 10 October 1939. Page 12 of
60) |
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F/O |
3rd
Oct. 1940. (Gazette Issue 35005 published on the 3 December 1940. Page 8 of
50) |
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F/Lt |
3rd
Oct. 1941. (Gazette Issue 35358 published on the 25 November 1941. Page 7 of
46) |
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S/Ldr |
Not found |
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DFC |
29th
August, 1941 (Gazette Issue 35260 published on the 29 August 1941. Page 7 of
64) |
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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
15-Feb-42 |
P.7110 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Convoy |
08:20 |
09:10 |
No
Incident. |
18-Feb-42 |
P.7116 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Convoy |
10:20 |
11:05 |
No
incident. |
19-Feb-42 |
P.7116 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Convoy |
13:05 |
14:35 |
Very
bad visibility, but convoy found & patrolled. |
07-Mar-42 |
P.7116 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Convoy Patrol |
13:20 |
15:00 |
Nothing
Seen. |
15-Mar-42 |
P.7116 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Scramble |
13:20 |
14:00 |
Nothing
Seen. |
15-Mar-42 |
P.7116 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Convoy Patrol |
15:55 |
17:10 |
Nothing
Seen. |
22-Mar-42 |
P.7110 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
13:10 |
14:10 |
Nothing
Seen. |
22-Mar-42 |
P.7110 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
15:15 |
16:50 |
Nothing
Seen. |
23-Mar-42 |
P.7116 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Convoy Patrol |
16:35 |
18:00 |
Nothing
Seen. |
29-Mar-42 |
P.7116 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Convoy |
17:00 |
17:35 |
Nothing
Seen. |
10-Apr-42 |
P.7090 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Convoy |
17:45 |
18:50 |
Patrol
of Irish Sea to Saltees |
10-Apr-42 |
P.7116 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Convoy |
20:05 |
21:20 |
Patrol
of Irish Sea to Saltees |
15-Apr-42 |
P.7000 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Scramble |
15:35 |
16:25 |
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15-Apr-42 |
P.7060 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Patrol |
18:55 |
20:15 |
Saltee
Patrol |
30-Apr-42 |
P.7116 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
10 Group Ramrod 18 |
18:12 |
19:30 |
Attack
on Morlaix aerodrome, A Flight to attack Lannion. |
02-Apr-42 |
P.7052 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Convoy |
15:40 |
16:55 |
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05-Apr-42 |
P.7052 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Convoy |
18:50 |
20:10 |
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08-Apr-42 |
P.7035 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Convoy |
13:15 |
14:40 |
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08-Apr-42 |
P.7035 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Convoy |
16:25 |
18:00 |
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14-Apr-42 |
P.7035 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Convoy |
13:35 |
14:55 |
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03-May-42 |
P.7116 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Scramble |
17:00 |
17:35 |
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06-May-42 |
P.7011 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Scramble |
10:05 |
11:10 |
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13-May-42 |
P.7003 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Irish Sea sweep |
15:50 |
16:50 |
Irish
Sea Sweep. Another determined effort to intercept the elusive 1/123 |
13-May-42 |
P.7052 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Irish Sea sweep |
19:10 |
20:05 |
Irish
Sea Sweep. Another determined effort to intercept the elusive 1/123 |
05-Jun-42 |
P.7052 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
10 Group Ramrod 19 |
15:20 |
16:40 |
Attack
on Lannion aerodrome |
22-Jun-42 |
P.7116 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Scramble |
10:40 |
11:15 |
No
incident. |
23-Jul-42 |
P.6990 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Combined Rhubarb
Operation |
15:30 |
16:45 |
Rhubarb
to attack railway at Landivisiau |
28-Jul-42 |
P.7110 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Patrol |
18:10 |
18:40 |
Smalls
patrol |
08-Sep-42 |
P.7062 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Roadstead Operation |
07:45 |
09:20 |
Roadstead to attack tanker near Channel Islands. Not found. |
09-Sep-42 |
P.7105 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Roadstead Operation |
14:35 |
15:20 |
Roadstead to attck a large ship reported by a shipping recco
near Cap de la Hague. |
10-Sep-42 |
P.7105 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Roadstead Operation |
18:25 |
20:05 |
Searched
the Sept Islands – Brehat Shipping lane. Target not found. |
16-Sep-42 |
P.7105 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
A/S/R Search |
07:20 |
08:15 |
Search
for Typhoon pilot who bailed out about 20 miles North of Cherbourg after
engine failure on the previous day's operation. Nothing seen. |
03-Oct-42 |
P.7105 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
10 Group Roadstead
Operation |
18:15 |
19:00 |
Attack
a 3000 ton M/V in Alderney harbour |
13-Oct-42 |
P.7105 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Armed Recco |
07:05 |
07:42 |
Intended
armed low recco of Barfleux-Cherbourg area but found too little cloud cover |
08-Oct-42 |
P.7105 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Bomb Dropping Test |
16:00 |
16:30 |
See
Appendix “A” |
08-Oct-42 |
P.7105 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
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. |
12-Oct-42 |
P.7105 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Bomb Test |
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See
Appendix “A” |
08-Nov-42 |
P.7105 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Convoy |
13:30 |
15:00 |
Large
convoy escorted without incident from Isle of Wight towards Portland. |
10-Nov-42 |
P.7105 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
Convoy |
15:05 |
16:40 |
Convoy
of Floating Dock from Needles, Westward. |
19-Nov-42 |
P.7105 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
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. |
20-Nov-42 |
P.7105 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
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. |
07-Dec-42 |
P.7105 |
S/Ldr R.S. Woodward
DFC |
10 Group Roadstead 45 |
13:10 |
missing |
West
of Guernsey, Enemy convoy was sighted lying off Baie de St. Brelade, South
West of Jersey. S/Ldr Woodward DFC MiA |
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