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HARVEY |
Philip |
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d. 17 Apr 1943 |
CWGC |
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Service Number |
102571 (1112828) |
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P/O |
22nd
June 1941. (Gazette Issue 35260 published on the 29 August 1941. Page 12 of
64) |
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F/O |
22nd June 1942.
(Gazette Issue 35675 published on the 18 August 1942. Page 4 of 8) |
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DFC |
18
May 1943. (Gazette Issue 36017 published on the 14 May 1943. Page 1 of 8) |
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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 |
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14-Apr-42 |
P.7052 |
P/O P. Harvey |
Convoy |
16:35 |
17:40 |
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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 |
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29-Apr-42 |
P.7035 |
P/O P. Harvey |
Convoy |
19:10 |
00:00 |
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30-Apr-42 |
P.7114 |
P/O P. Harvey |
Convoy |
10:30 |
11:45 |
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30-Apr-42 |
P.7114 |
P/O P. Harvey |
Convoy |
09:30 |
10:00 |
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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 |
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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 |
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10-May-42 |
P.6991 |
P/O P. Harvey |
Scramble |
06:55 |
07:55 |
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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 |
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21-May-42 |
P.6991 |
P/O P. Harvey |
Scramble |
11:30 |
12:00 |
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31-May-42 |
P.6991 |
P/O P. Harvey |
Sweep to Cainrov. |
09:55 |
10:55 |
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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 |
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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 |
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04-Aug-42 |
P.7014 |
P/O P. Harvey |
Convoy |
10:05 |
11:20 |
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22-Aug-42 |
P.7014 |
P/O P. Harvey |
Scramble |
06:05 |
06:25 |
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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 |
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See also the Summary Jun-Jul 42 tab |
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