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WRIGHT |
W. R. |
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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
15-Feb-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Scramble |
14:35 |
15:30 |
Section patrolled Angle at 15000. Several short vectors given
by F'Wood Humbug. Nothing seen. |
07-Mar-42 |
P.7041 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy Patrol |
15:05 |
16:40 |
Nothing
Seen. |
08-Mar-42 |
P.7089 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy Patrol |
07:45 |
09:35 |
Nothing
Seen. |
19-Mar-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy Patrol |
13:35 |
14:55 |
Nothing
Seen. |
22-Mar-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
10:30 |
12:10 |
Nothing
Seen. |
22-Mar-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
14:00 |
14:30 |
Nothing
Seen. |
22-Mar-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Sweep of Irish Sea |
16:10 |
17:30 |
Nothing
Seen. |
23-Mar-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy Patrol |
15:05 |
16:15 |
Nothing
Seen. |
23-Mar-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy Patrol |
17:40 |
19:00 |
Nothing
Seen. |
24-Mar-42 |
P.6991 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Patrol |
15:15 |
16:50 |
Nothing
Seen. |
05-Apr-42 |
P.7116 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy |
11:30 |
12:30 |
Patrol
of Irish Sea |
05-Apr-42 |
P.7116 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy |
10:20 |
11:55 |
Patrol
of Steward |
10-Apr-42 |
P.7116 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Patrol |
14:00 |
15:25 |
Patrol
of Irish Sea to Saltees |
14-Apr-42 |
P.7056 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy |
12:50 |
14:00 |
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14-Apr-42 |
P.7060 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy |
17:00 |
18:15 |
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15-Apr-42 |
P.7090 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy |
14:40 |
16:10 |
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15-Apr-42 |
P.7116 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Patrol |
18:25 |
19:50 |
Saltee
Patrol |
16-Apr-42 |
P.7060 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Scramble |
08:20 |
09:35 |
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16-Apr-42 |
P.7060 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy |
11:50 |
13:20 |
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16-Apr-42 |
P.7061 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy |
17:10 |
18:45 |
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17-Apr-42 |
P.7116 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy |
16:25 |
17:50 |
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03-May-42 |
P.7007 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Scramble |
12:50 |
13:15 |
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06-May-42 |
P.7114 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Patrol Portreath
& Falmouth (Royal visit) |
08:00 |
20:20 |
Patrolled
Cornwall for Royal visit |
16-May-42 |
P.7089 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Scramble |
15:20 |
16:10 |
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16-May-42 |
P.7089 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Scramble |
20:15 |
21:05 |
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22-May-42 |
P.7089 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
A.S.R. |
19:40 |
20:25 |
A
search was made for ten miles around St David's Head. Nothing was seen of the
Blenheim supposed to have gone in there |
08-Jun-42 |
P.7090 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Scramble |
09:45 |
10:00 |
Abortive
Scramble. |
15-Jun-42 |
P.7090 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Scramble |
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Cancelled |
14-Jul-42 |
P.7056 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Patrol |
20:35 |
21:35 |
Patrol
South of Eire. The whole area between Angle and Eire and Lundy was swept, but
unsuccessfully. |
23-Jul-42 |
P.7090 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Combined Rhubarb
Operation |
15:28 |
16:43 |
Rhubarb |
25-Jul-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Scramble |
09:25 |
10:15 |
No
incident. |
26-Jul-42 |
P.7117 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Scramble |
19:05 |
19:20 |
Plots
identified as friendly. |
26-Jul-42 |
P.7110 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Scramble |
20:00 |
20:45 |
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09-Aug-42 |
P.7099 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy |
06:30 |
07:55 |
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11-Aug-42 |
P.7000 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy |
18:00 |
19:00 |
Convoy
“POKER” |
21-Oct-42 |
P.7000 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy |
10:40 |
11:55 |
Convoy
escort between Needles and Portland. |
31-Oct-42 |
P.7099 |
Sgt W.R. Wright |
Rhubarb Operation |
10:40 |
12:20 |
Sections
were led by F/O Harvey to attack the railway triangle N.W. of the La Haye du
Puits. |
08-Nov-42 |
P.7000 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy |
12:30 |
13:55 |
Convoy
of important Floating Dock from Needles area towards Portland |
10-Nov-42 |
P.6987 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy |
15:00 |
16:35 |
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19-Nov-42 |
P.7059 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
10 Group Roadstead 40 |
11:20 |
12:15 |
F/Lt
Warnes led the 4 Whirlibombers on this first all-263 Roadstead Operation. No
incident |
07-Dec-42 |
P.6995 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
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. |
14-Dec-42 |
P.7059 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
Anti-Rhubarb Patrol |
11:50 |
13:00 |
Routine
Anti-Rhubarb Patrol. No incident, although Pilots were vectored about 40
miles South of Portland. |
08-Jan-43 |
P.6971 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy |
13:25 |
14:10 |
Convoy
South of St. Aldhelms Head, going West. |
15-Jan-43 |
P.7059 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
Air Sea Rescue |
12:20 |
13:10 |
F/Lt
Blackshaw and Sgt MacAulay actually sighted the missing pilot in his dinghy
about 20 miles South of Portland. Owing to the failure of R/T communication,
which is normal and well known in this area, this pilot was not picked up. |
28-Feb-43 |
P.7108 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
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. |
01-Mar-43 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy |
08:00 |
09:20 |
Patrol
off Angle |
05-Mar-43 |
P.7110 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
Convoy |
17:40 |
18:55 |
Patrol
off St. Davids |
14-Mar-43 |
P.7089 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
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. |
19-Mar-43 |
P.7013 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
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.7013 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 23 (Morlaix Viaduct) |
00:35 |
02:00 |
Target
not found. Jettisoned bombs in sea. |
22-Mar-43 |
P.7013 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 24 |
00:40 |
02:05 |
Unable
to evade S/Ls and flak, jettisoned bombs. |
23-Mar-43 |
P.7040 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
10 Group Night
Rhubarb No. 25 (Ponthou Viaduct) |
01:30 |
01:40 |
Artificial
Horizon etc. u/s. |
26-Mar-43 |
P.7007 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
Rhubarb Operation |
10:45 |
11:55 |
Ordered
to attack target as above but they mistook Cap Flamanville for Cap Carteret
and so searched too far North. Finding no other target, they bombed a road at
La Mare du Pors. |
06-Apr-43 |
P.7007 |
F/Sgt W.R. Wright |
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. |
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See also the Summary Jun-Jul 42 tab |
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