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COGHLAN |
Humphrey St. John |
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Service Number |
90117 |
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P/O (prob.) |
12th Mar. 1934. (Gazette
Issue 34036 published on the 27 March 1934. Page 15 of 80) |
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P/O |
12th
Mar. 1935. (Gazette Issue 34153 published on the 23 April 1935. Page 6 of 32) |
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F/O |
7th June 1941. (Gazette
Issue 35196 published on the 20 June 1941. Page 24 of 72) |
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F/Lt |
2nd Feb. 1942. (Gazette
Issue 35615 published on the 30 June 1942. Page 17 of 44) |
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S/Ldr |
11th Nov. 1943. (Gazette
Issue 36263 published on the 23 November 1943. Page 9 of 10) |
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DFC |
21 Oct 1941. (Gazette
Issue 35318 published on the 17 October 1941. Page 2 of 4) |
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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
22-May-41 |
P.7005 |
P/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Convoy Patrol |
10:10 |
10:30 |
Convoy
Patrol |
23-May-41 |
P.6993 |
P/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Convoy Patrol |
14:00 |
15:15 |
Convoy
Patrol |
01-Jun-41 |
P.6994 |
P/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Convoy Patrol |
13:00 |
14:30 |
Convoy
Patrol |
01-Jun-41 |
P.6994 |
P/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Convoy Patrol |
16:20 |
16:40 |
Convoy
Patrol |
03-Jun-41 |
P.7005 |
P/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Convoy Patrol |
08:25 |
09:55 |
Convoy
Patrol |
03-Jun-41 |
P.6977 |
P/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Convoy Patrol |
11:20 |
13:00 |
Convoy
Patrol |
09-Jun-41 |
P.6977 |
P/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Interception Patrol |
14:30 |
15:35 |
The
two sections were on patrol, but no enemy was sighted. |
09-Jun-41 |
P.6974 |
P/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Convoy Patrol |
19:30 |
20:20 |
Convoy
Patrol |
12-Jun-41 |
P.7045 |
P/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Convoy Patrol |
12:00 |
13:50 |
Convoy
Patrol |
15-Jun-41 |
P.7000 |
P/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Convoy Patrol |
09:10 |
10:40 |
Convoy
Patrol |
15-Jun-41 |
P.7000 |
P/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Convoy Patrol |
12:00 |
13:45 |
Convoy
Patrol |
23-Jun-41 |
P.7044 |
P/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Convoy Patrol |
09:00 |
10:20 |
Convoy
Patrol |
28-Jun-41 |
P.7044 |
P/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Convoy Patrol |
09:30 |
10:25 |
Convoy
patrol |
24-Jul-41 |
P.7044 |
F/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Interception Patrol |
18:55 |
19:35 |
The
section patrolled Portland Bill at 5000 feet. |
29-Jul-41 |
P.7044 |
F/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Convoy Patrol |
11:15 |
12:45 |
Convoy
Patrol in the Bristol Channel. |
06-Aug-41 |
P.7044 |
F/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Warhead No. 4 |
08:46 |
10:00 |
Warhead
No. 4 Operation to strafe Maupertus |
06-Aug-41 |
P.7044 |
F/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Warhead No. 5 |
12:21 |
13:18 |
Warhead
No. 5 Operation to strafe Maupertus |
07-Aug-41 |
P.7044 |
F/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Interception Patrol |
16:30 |
17:30 |
The
section was on patrol, but saw nothing. |
12-Aug-41 |
P.7044 |
F/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Operation No. 77 |
10:02 |
11:35 |
Escort
of 54 Blenheims of No.2 Group to Antwerp to attack Knapsack and Quadrath
power stations |
17-Aug-41 |
P.7044 |
F/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Offensive Operation |
13:34 |
14:30 |
4
Whirlwinds fly from Ibsley to Maupertus at 15000 feet to draw the German
fighters into the air, and that Spitfires and Hurricanes should follow and
deal with them. The Hun, however, was not “playing”. |
19-Aug-41 |
P.7044 |
F/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Convoy Patrol |
17:50 |
18:50 |
Convoy
Patrol in the Bristol Channel. |
20-Aug-41 |
P.7044 |
F/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Convoy Patrol |
07:30 |
08:05 |
Convoy
Patrol in the Bristol Channel. |
26-Aug-41 |
P.7044 |
F/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Offensive Action |
11:32 |
12:58 |
Low
level attack on Lannion aerodrome. |
31-Aug-41 |
P.7044 |
F/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Gudgeon No.4 |
14:05 |
15:27 |
Cover
for Blenheims returning from an attack on Lannion aerodrome. |
03-Sep-41 |
P.7011 |
F/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Convoy Patrol |
12:40 |
13:25 |
Convoy
patrol in the Bristol Channel. |
18-Sep-41 |
P.7044 |
F/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Interception Patrol |
16:05 |
16:55 |
The
section was on patrol. |
04-Sep-41 |
P.7044 |
F/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Gudgeon No.6 |
14:12 |
15:40 |
Close
escort to 6 Blenheims detailed to bomb an oil ship in Cherbourg Harbour. |
08-Sep-41 |
P.7044 |
F/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Attack on convoy off
Guernsey |
16:36 |
17:55 |
Escort
of 12 Blenheims attacking Convoy off Jersey |
29-Sep-41 |
P.6998 |
F/O H.St J. Coghlan |
Mandolin Operation
No.7 |
18:33 |
20:20 |
Attack
JU.88s on Lannion aerodrome. |
02-Nov-41 |
P.7110 |
F/Lt H.St J. Coghlan |
Attack on Whitchurch
Aerodrome |
08:00 |
08:25 |
Ten Whirlwinds co-operated in this large scale Home Guard
Tactical Exercise. In the first phase Whitchurch aerodrome and the three Avon
bridges on the South side of Bristol were beaten-up in low level attacks by
four sections of aircraft. In the second phase the Southern approaches of
Bristol were again attacked by three sections of aircraft. |
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