Back LOVELL Stuart James
d. 29 Jan 1944 CWGC
Service Number 107258 (971581)
P/O 20th Sept. 1941. (Gazette Issue 35335 published on the 4 November 1941. Page 6 of 52)
F/O 20th Sept. 1942. (Gazette Issue 35717 published on the 22 September 1942. Page 3 of 6)
F/Lt 20th Sept. 1943. (Gazette Issue 36183 published on the 21 September 1943. Page 6 of 10)
Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
03-May-42 P.7089 P/O S.J. Lovell First Solo 18:00 18:30  
24-Aug-42 P.6991 F/O S.J. Lovell Scramble 17:20 18:15  
28-Aug-42 P.7043 F/O S.J. Lovell 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.
12-Oct-42 P.7059 F/O S.J. Lovell Armed Recco 09:55 10:55 Armed low recco of Alderney, Cap de la Hague, Guernsey area.
01-Dec-42 P.6995 F/O S.J. Lovell Armed Recco 16:30 17:35 These Whirlibombers patrolled Cap Levy, Casquettes, Jersey area. Returning they met 3 Me.109Fs.
07-Dec-42 P.7113 F/O S.J. Lovell 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.
18-Jan-43 P.6995 F/O S.J. Lovell Roadstead Operation from Predannack 14:03 15:29 The Ile de Batz area was searched for the promised minesweepers. Returning from Ushant the formation was attacked by 4 F.W. 190s. There were no Whirlibomber combats or casualties
21-Jan-43 P.6995 F/O S.J. Lovell Roadstead Operation from Predannack 16:40 17:15 Escorted by 19 Squadron. Formation recalled when a few minutes out from English coast.
14-Mar-43 P.7117 F/O S.J. Lovell 10 Group Circus 18 15:55 17:00 Attack on Maupertus. They dive-bombed from 15000 - 9000 ft. and saw 2 bursts in S.E. corner and other bursts in the centre. Flak was slight and inaccurate.
04-Apr-43 P.6971 F/O S.J. Lovell 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.6971 F/O S.J. Lovell 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.7099 F/O S.J. Lovell 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.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.
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.
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
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
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.
18-Apr-43 P.6971 F/O S.J. Lovell Escorted Armed Dusk Recco 20:20 21:25 Reccod the Channel Islands area at zero feet in good visibility, but found no shipping there.
 See also the Summary Jun-Jul 42 tab