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LEE-WHITE |
ARTHUR |
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Service Number |
121791 |
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P/O |
2nd
May 1942. (Gazette Issue 35598 published on the 16 June 1942. Page 7 of 46) |
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F/O |
22nd
Nov. 1942. (Gazette Issue 35827 published on the 15 December 1942. Page 9 of
12) |
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F/Lt |
2nd
May 1944. (Gazette Issue 36554 published on the 6 June 1944. Page 5 of 8) |
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DFC |
6th July, 1943. (Gazette
Issue 36079 published on the 2 July 1943. Page 2 of 12) |
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Date |
A/C |
Crew |
Duty |
Up |
Down |
Details of
Sortie or Flight |
10-Nov-42 |
P.6995 |
P/O A.H. Lee/White |
Convoy |
14:10 |
15:20 |
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10-Nov-42 |
P.6995 |
P/O A.H. Lee/White |
Convoy |
16:00 |
17:30 |
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07-Jan-43 |
P.7013 |
P/O A.H. Lee/White |
Roadstead Operation
from Predannack |
16:00 |
17:40 |
The
channel was swept for minesweepers reported off Ile Vierge. |
15-Jan-43 |
P.6971 |
P/O A.H. Lee/White |
Air Sea Rescue |
16:10 |
17:40 |
The
second sweep was entirely unsuccessful. |
24-Mar-43 |
P.7089 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
Rhubarb Operation |
13:45 |
14:45 |
Ordered
to attack railway objectives at La Haye du Puits, they found no cloud cover
in the Casquets area and returned to base with their bombs |
26-Mar-43 |
P.7089 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
Rhubarb Operation |
12:45 |
14:20 |
Attack
on the Transformer Station at St. Lo. Making landfall East of Isigny they
flew through various patches of light flak, located the target and both
scored cannon strikes on it. P/O Abrams bombs apparently disintegrated the
whole transformer unit. F/O A. Lee-Whites' exploded among the complex of
huts. |
04-Apr-43 |
P.7040 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
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.7040 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
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.7059 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
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.7059 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
10 Group Circus 22 |
17:30 |
19:00 |
Brest/Guipavas
aerodrome was successfully divebombed with 20 x 250lb bombs. |
14-Apr-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
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. |
15-Apr-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
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.7059 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
Bomb Mondeville
Industries (Night) |
22:45 |
00:15 |
He
made a dummy run through the flak and then attacked primary target from 800
feet, seeing bursts satisfactorily in the target area. Was shot up by ship on
way out. |
17-Apr-43 |
P.7089 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
Night Armed Shipping
Reccos and Rhubarbs |
22:51 |
00:15 |
He
reccod Alderney – Marcouf and finding no shipping, bombed Fort St. Marcouf.
He landed at Exeter. |
18-Apr-43 |
P.7007 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
Escorted Armed Dusk
Recco |
20:20 |
21:25 |
Reccod
the Channel Islands area at zero feet in good visibility, but found no
shipping there. |
19-Apr-43 |
P.7007 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
Night Roadstead |
01:55 |
03:15 |
It
was searched for but cloud 9/10 at 500 feet made observation |
20-Apr-43 |
P.7007 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
Night Armed Recco |
23:20 |
00:50 |
He
found two armed trawlers steaming South about 2 miles S.E. of St Marcouf. He
made a beam attack on the nearer of them and doesn't think his bombs missed.
Mod. Flak. |
27-Apr-43 |
P.7040 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
10 Group Roadstead 59 |
16:35 |
17:50 |
Attack
on convoy of 9 ships S. of Jersey. |
28-Apr-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
10 Group Roadstead 62 |
14:22 |
15:45 |
This
operation did not find the depleted convoy in its estimated position south of
Jersey. |
30-Apr-43 |
P.7110 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
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Attack
on shipping off Ushant. No shipping sighted |
02-May-43 |
P.6979 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
Roadstead 64 |
12:10 |
13:15 |
Roadstead
to Channel Island area. Mistaken report of tanker at Casquets |
03-May-43 |
P.7079 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
Armed Ship Recco |
14:25 |
16:15 |
Swept
Guernsey, Sept Iles, Ile de Batz, where W/Cdr Dolezal and 310 Squadron became
involved in combats with 6 F.W.190s. |
14-May-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
Roadstead 67 |
21:00 |
21:45 |
Attack
on two destroyers alongside the Quai Maritime alternatively a medium M/V in
the Basin Napoleon in Cherbourg docks |
15-May-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
Night Recco |
23:50 |
01:30 |
Reccod
from Alderney to Isigny and was returning from there when he saw an 8 ship
convoy steaming east of Cape Barfleur. He kept out of sight and sound of it
and bombed the rearmost ship |
16-May-43 |
P.7069 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
Escorted Armed Recco |
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Escorted
armed recco recalled because of a failure of R/T reception |
16-May-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
Ship Recco |
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Search
for two destroyers and a medium M/V suspected in the Channel Islands area. 7
miles west of Casquets our formation which was in loose line abreast at zero
feet was attacked by two F.W.190's. Both damaged. |
16-May-43 |
P.7040 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
Night Recco |
23:35 |
01:15 |
Uneventful
night recco of Alderney – Pt de la Perces |
19-May-43 |
P.7050 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
Roadstead |
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Repetition
of previous days uneventful search for minesweepers Channel Islands – Brehat |
22-May-43 |
P.7059 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
Night Roadstead |
00:50 |
02:05 |
Attack
on convoy steaming from Cap de la Hague towards Cherbourg. |
29-May-43 |
P.7040 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
Roadstead 71 |
14:10 |
15:15 |
The
15 Ship Convoy reported off Barfleur was found without much enthusiasm to be
the French Fishing Fleet. |
29-May-43 |
P.7113 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
Scramble |
18:10 |
19:40 |
These
sections patrolled base at 5,000ft |
30-May-43 |
P.7040 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White |
Ship Recco |
18:35 |
19:50 |
Recco
of Jersey area |
06-Jun-43 |
P.6997 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White
DFC |
10 Group Roadstead 72 |
17:15 |
18:45 |
It
was intended to dive-bomb Cherbourg Docks. But found 10/10 cloud at
7000-12000 feet over the target |
15-Jun-43 |
P.7097 |
F/O A.H. Lee/White
DFC |
Shipping Recco |
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An
armed escorted shipping recco had been ordered for first light. 4 warships
found |
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